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Basketball-Russia hold on to beat host Japan in 3×3 debut
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Yulia Kozik drained a two-point jumper to give the Russian women's team a victory over the Japanese hosts in the Olympic debut of 3x3 basketball on Saturday. The heavi...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympic-Beach volleyball-Japan win opener by default as COVID-hit Czechs withdraw
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Miki Ishii and Megumi Murakami won the first women's match of the beach volleyball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics by default after their Czech opponents withdrew due to COV...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Table Tennis-Syrian 12-year-old, Tokyo Games’ youngest competitor, exits in first round
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) -Syria's Hend Zaza, at 12 the youngest athlete competing at the Tokyo Olympics, exited the table tennis tournament in the opening round on Saturday, snapping a selfie...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Despite ‘freak’ injury, Jamaica’s Praught-Leer to compete
TOKYO (Reuters) - Jamaica's 1,500m runner Aisha Praught-Leer will "line up in Tokyo" despite tearing her meniscus on Sunday, an injury which her doctor said needs surgery. "I tore my meniscus (a compl...
Jul 23, 2021
Biden tests political muscle with campaign stop for Virginia governor candidate
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland ARLINGTON, Va. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden tested his political muscle in the state of Virginia on Friday in a campaign stop for Democratic gubernatorial candidate ...
Jul 23, 2021
Australia’s New South Wales reports 163 local COVID-19 cases
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, on Saturday reported 163 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, its biggest daily rise, up from 136 a day earlier, in a worsening o...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-S.Korean TV apologises over opening ceremony broadcast
By Ju-min Park and Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - A South Korean TV network has apologised after using inappropriate images and captions to describe countries during the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony ...
Jul 23, 2021
NHL-Buffalo add Power with first overall draft pick
(Reuters) -The Buffalo Sabres selected Owen Power with the first pick of the 2021 NHL Draft on Friday, hoping the 18-year-old Canadian defenseman can help turn around the fortunes of the long-sufferin...
Jul 23, 2021
Biden assures Afghan President Ghani of continued U.S. support -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in a telephone call on Friday that the United States will continue to support Afghanistan, including with development...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-The Russians are back — and hunting gold
By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - The focus may be on the big name Americans and Australians but this could be the Games where Russian swimmers could make their biggest splash in the men's events in 25...
Jul 23, 2021
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