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By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - The South Korean Olympic team said on Sunday that the team fell short of its target for gold medals, but boasted no diplomatic clash with the host Japan during the Gam...

By Chris Gallagher SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Locked in a three-way race for silver and bronze in the Olympic men's marathon on Sunday, Abdi Nageeye put friendship first to urge his struggling trainin...

By Martyn Herman IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Jason Kenny became Britain's greatest-ever Olympian as he powered to victory in the men's keirin on Sunday to claim the seventh gold medal of his incredible car...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics reported 26 new Games-related COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total since July 1 to 430 cases. (Reporting by Mari Saito; Editing by Ana Nicola...

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Italy's COVID-19 gamble that allowed a small group of elite athletes to train through the pandemic when much of the world was in lockdown has paid off handsomely ...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, amid concerns ov...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 96 new cases of COVID-19 on the mainland for Aug. 7, down from 107 cases a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Sunday. The latest clusters were mainl...

By Martyn Herman IZU (Reuters) - Reigning champion Laura Kenny's hopes of winning a third successive Olympic gold medal in omnium suffered an early blow as she was involved in a huge pile-up in the op...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rio silver medallists Serbia overpowered South Korea in straight sets in the women's volleyball tournament on Sunday to take the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games. World champions Serb...

Fourth-seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina recorded four aces while rolling to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over top-seeded Elise Mertens on Saturday to reach the Mubadala Silicon Classic title match. Kasatkina had ...