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(Fixes typo in headline, no change to text) By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - The Netherlands will play in the women's Olympic hockey finals for a fifth straight time at the Tokyo Games after booki...

By Toshiki Hashimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Hungary's Kolos Csizmadia set an Olympic record to seal direct qualification to the semi-finals of the men's kayak single 200 metres on Wednesday while Rio 2016 ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will on Wednesday seek to raise more than $350 million in aid for Lebanon at a donors' conference marking the anniversary of the Beirut port blast, a...

TOKYO (Reuters) - American Sydney McLaughlin broke her own 400 metres hurdles world record to win the gold medal in 51.46 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. The 21-year-old stuttered on the p...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers on Wednesday reported 29 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, including four athletes. Three of the four infected athletes are in the Greek artistic swimming t...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian side Fluminense beat Cerro Porteno 1-0 on Tuesday to move into the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores and ensure that for the first time in the tournament's h...

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was pinned near recent lows against other currencies on Tuesday, as traders awaited U.S. jobs data for a guide to the rates outlook, while labour mark...

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Teen skaters from Japan and Britain barrelled and soared over a concrete skate park in the preliminary rounds of the women's park competition on Wednesday in the discip...

By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares advanced to one-week highs on Wednesday, led largely by strong U.S. corporate earnings, although the mood remained cautious as the rapidly spreading Del...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Growth in China's services sector accelerated in July, a private survey showed on Wednesday, although the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant across the country threatens to under...