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By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Defending Olympic champions Brazil edged France in a marathon five-set battle at the Ariake Arena on Sunday to finish second in Pool B in the men's volleyball prelim...

PARIS (Reuters) - New car registrations in France plummeted by about 35% in July from the same period a year ago, according to data issued by country's carmakers lobby CCFA-PFA late on Saturday. Regis...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom savoured an Olympic 50m freestyle silver medal on Sunday after a fightback from injury that she said had been the challenge of her life. The 27-year-old world...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it was not involved in an attack on an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker off the coast of Oman, referring to an incident last week that killed two and whic...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova beat Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic 7-5 6-1 in the women's doubles tennis final in Tokyo on Sunday to c...

Wander Franco hit a tiebreaking RBI triple in the sixth inning, Ji-Man Choi and Francisco Mejia each had two-run homers and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the visiting Boston Red Sox for a 9-5 win on Sat...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Newly reported COVID-19 cases in Tokyo came in at 3,058 on Sunday, the metropolitan government announced, as infection spreads in the Olympic host city. (Reporting by Takashi Umekawa...

By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - If anyone feared that Olympic swimming would lose its lustre without Michael Phelps in the pool, the Tokyo Games proved the sport can thrive even without the record-br...

By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) -Three strikes and they're out: Mexico's run in baseball at Tokyo 2020 ended Sunday after a 12-5 loss to Israel left them without a win in three chances. Mexic...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A horse competing with Swiss rider Robin Godel at the Tokyo Olympics was put down on Sunday after appearing lame at a fence in the middle of the cross-country course the day before t...