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Olympics-Table Tennis-China eye ‘highest honour’ as women’s team advance to quarter-finals
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - The Chinese women's table tennis trio of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu beat Austria's Liu Jia, Liu Yuan and Sofia Polcanova 3-0 in the round of 16 team even...
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Olympics-Athletics-Qatar’s Barshim, Italian Tamberi share men’s high jump gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim added a coveted Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo on Sunday, but he had to share the medal with Gianmarco Tamberi of It...
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Olympics-Athletics-Italian Jacobs wins men’s 100m gold at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the men's 100 metres gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Fred Kerley of United States won the silver while Andre de Grasse of Canada took the bro...
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Russian cosmonauts give video tour of module that jolted space station
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian cosmonauts have given a video tour of the interior of a research module which briefly threw the International Space Station out of control on Thursday a few hours after dock...
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Olympics-Weightlifting-Ecuador’s Barrera wins gold in women’s 76 kg event
TOKYO (Reuters) -Ecuador's Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera won gold medal in the women's 76 kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, while United States' Katherine Nye won silver. Dajomes Barr...
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Olympics-Athletics-Venezuela’s Rojas smashes women’s triple jump world record to take gold
TOKYO (Reuters) -Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela jumped 15.67 metres on Sunday to smash the world record in the women's triple jump with her last attempt, having already secured the gold medal. The previou...
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Gymnastics-Skinner says Biles will “probably still be competing”
TOKYO (Reuters) - It was unclear on Sunday whether Simone Biles will compete in Tuesday's balance beam final at the Tokyo Games after American team mate Mykayla Skinner said she thought the four-time ...
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N.Korean leader’s sister warns Seoul against military drill with Washington
SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said on Sunday that if South Korea carries out a planned joint military exercise with the United States it will damage the...
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Israeli cabinet start first state budget debate in three years
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli cabinet ministers on Sunday began debate on the 2021-2022 state budget, more than three years after the government last approved a fiscal spending packag...
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Exclusive-Olympics-Belarusian athlete says she was taken to airport to go home after criticising coaches
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber TOKYO (Reuters) - A Belarusian sprinter said she was taken to the airport against her wishes on Sunday to board a flight back home after she publicly complained about natio...
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