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By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Skateboarding's debut on the Olympic stage in Tokyo has spurred many skaters to ask one very simple question: will this finally mean more skate parks across Japan? Japa...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Activity in Britain's construction industry grew last month at its weakest pace since February due to shortages of building materials and contractors, adding to si...

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil's hopes of retaining their Olympic men's volleyball title were crushed on Thursday after they lost a thrilling four-set semi-final to the Russian team at the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to give vulnerable people a COVID-19 vaccine booster in September, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, ignoring a World Health Organisation appeal to refrain from gi...

IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Dutch medal contender Laurine van Riessen was carried off on a stretcher after a high-speed crash involving Britain's Katy Marchant in the women's Olympic keirin event at the Iz...

By Steve Keating TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States will play for a third consecutive women's water polo Olympic gold medal after edging a determined Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team 15-11 on Thu...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has administered COVID-19 vaccines to 37 million people, Interfax news agency quoted deputy health minister Oleg Gridnev as saying on Thursday. Gridnev did not say whether th...

LONDON (Reuters) - British new car sales fell by 29.5% to their lowest July level since 1998 as the 'pingdemic' of people self-isolating alongside supply shortages hit demand, according to an industry...

(Reuters) - Polish e-commerce platform Allegro is moving forward with expansion plans and building its own parcel lockers network, its chief financial officer said after the company's second-quarter r...

By Mitch Phillips and Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. men continued to sputter on the athletics track at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, while kayaker Lisa Carrington became New Zealand's most ...