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By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the fastest time to reach the women's 100 metres final on Saturday and stay on course to become the first woman to win a s...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Spain ended a 21-year wait to reach the men's Olympic soccer semi-finals as substitute Rafa Mir scored a hat-trick to secure a 5-2 victory over Ivory Coast in extra time on Saturday....

TOKYO (Reuters) - Australian Emma McKeon could bow out of Tokyo 2020 on Sunday as the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics. No Australian has ever won that many in one Games a...

By Mayu Sakoda TOKYO (Reuters) - Fiji's women had hoped to emulate their male counterparts and win gold in the Olympic Rugby Sevens competition, but coach Saiasi Fuli says they should be proud with a ...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of mostly smaller countries submitted new, more ambitious climate pledges to the United Nations this week, raising pressure on big emitters including China ...

By Philip O'Connor ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - French windsurfer Thomas Goyard thought he had blown his chance of an Olympic medal when he was disqualified from Saturday's RS:X windsurfing medal race,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will continue work on Saturday on a bill that would spend $1 trillion on roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, as lawmakers from both parties sought to adv...

By Toshiki Hashimoto KAWAGOE, Japan (Reuters) - An Olympic golf tournament diminished by the absence of a host of big names will nonetheless fizz with the tension of a major on Sunday as Hideki Matsuy...

By Yuki Nitta TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Shi Tingmao advanced to the women's 3 metre springboard diving finals in first place at the Tokyo Games on Saturday, while two-time Olympian Pamela Ware of Cana...

TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one and 20-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will leave the Olympics without a medal for the third Games in succession after pulling out of Saturday's mixed doubl...