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Olympics-Equestrian-Singapore out of dressage after horse suffers freak injury
By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) -Singapore was eliminated from the equestrian dressage qualifiers on Sunday after Caroline Chew's horse Tribiani was found to be bleeding from the mouth, bringing an...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-Osaka in dominant form as Barty makes shock exit
By Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Naomi Osaka powered through her opening match at the Tokyo Games on Sunday as world number one Ash Barty stumbled out of the tournament after a lacklustre, ...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Weightlifting-China’s Li wins gold in men’s 61kg
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Li Fabin won the gold medal in the men's 61kg weightlifting event at Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Indonesia's Eko Yuli Irawan won the silver medal and Kazakhstan's Igor Son the ...
Jul 25, 2021
UK health minister sparks fury by urging people not to ‘cower from’ COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Sajid Javid was accused of insulting coronavirus victims on Sunday after urging people to take a COVID-19 vaccine and "learn to live with, rather than cower ...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Hundreds defy scorching heat to grab ‘last’ glimpse of Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents braved Japan's scorching summer heat to gather along the streets of the Olympic women's cycling road in Fuchu, on the outskirts of Tokyo, on Sunday, resisting c...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Golf-World number one Rahm positive for COVID-19, out of Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one golfer Jon Rahm has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics, the International Golf Federation said on Sunday. The Spaniard had tes...
Jul 25, 2021
Canadian union Unifor starts strike at Rio Tinto operations
(Reuters) - Canadian union Unifor said on Sunday about 900 workers had started strike action at global miner Rio Tinto's operations in the western Canadian province of British Columbia. Unifor issued ...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Austrian Kiesenhofer stuns Dutch to win road gold
By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Austrian Anna Kiesenhofer caused one of the biggest shocks in Olympic road racing history with an audacious victory in the women's race as the Dutch favourites paid ...
Jul 25, 2021
Tokyo daily Covid-19 cases total 1,763 on Sunday
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 1,763 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the third day since the Olympic Games began in the Japanese capital. Infections have been on the rise in re...
Jul 25, 2021
Malaysia’s total coronavirus infections rise above 1 million
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's total coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic surpasssed 1 million on Sunday after the country's health ministry reported a record 17,045 new coronavirus ...
Jul 25, 2021
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