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(Reuters) - The first host nation gold is often one of the loudest spectator highlights of an Olympic Games. On Saturday, Japan won its first Tokyo 2020 gold medal in the men's 60kg judo in front of a...

By Mitch Phillips and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic officials are confident their anti-pollution measures will prevent an expected tropical storm from triggering a surge of sewage into the water...

TOKYO (Reuters) - China's butterfly prospect Zhang Yufei is one of their top gold medal hopes at the Tokyo Games, with the 23-year old likely to mark a new era for Chinese swimmers after Olympic champ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is barring existing core school subject tutoring institutions from making profit, a report in the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The news confirmed a move con...

By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev - the world's top two men's tennis players - led calls to Tokyo Olympic organisers on Saturday to move matches to the late after...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's gold medal hope Daiya Seto failed to qualify for the men's 400 metres medley final after finishing ninth in the heats. The 27-year-old Seto, the world champion and top ranked ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Naohisa Takato won the final of the men's -60kg judo to give host nation Japan its first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Takato defeated Yang Yung-wei of Taiwan in the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Wang Shuang scored four goals including a late penalty as the Asian side grabbed a 4-4 draw with Zambia in the Olympics women's soccer tournament at Rifu's Miyagi Stadium on ...

By Toshiki Hashimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Hosts Japan began their men's volleyball campaign with a straight sets win over Venezuela while Italy fought back from two sets down to seal a remarkable victory...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kosovo's judoka Distria Krasniqi won the gold medal in the women's -48kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, beating Japanese rival Funa Tonaki in the final. Bronze medals we...