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By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - From singles to team events, China's table tennis paddlers proved why they were world champions as they dominated the Olympic stage with four gold medals in Tokyo. ...

IZU, Japan (Reuters) - American Jennifer Valente started the final leg of her women's Olympic omnium event in pole position at the Izu Velodrome but a late crash threatened to jeopardise her bid for t...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The organisers of the Tokyo Olympics said on Sunday 19 athletes could not participate in the Games due to positive coronavirus tests, and three people related to the tournament had b...

(Reuters) - Protests against Myanmar's military government broke out across the nation on Sunday, the anniversary of the bloody suppression of a 1988 uprising against a previous army junta. At least s...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's justice secretary said on Sunday that a mainland Chinese law to counter foreign sanctions could also be adopted in the China-ruled city by writing it into Hong Kong's...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Belgium's men broke new ground by winning Olympic hockey gold for the first time at the Tokyo Game while the Netherlands claimed a record fourth women's title. The...

By Philip O'Connor TOKYO (Reuters) - They came, they surfed, they conquered. With the Olympics locked in a never-ending battle to remain relevant in a marketplace where attention spans are increasingl...

By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Karate had its long-awaited moment at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last week but does it deserve a place in future Games? That is the question that will follow the Japane...

By Marco Trujillo PSAROPOULI, Greece (Reuters) - Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on s...

By Philip O'Connor TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Despite being threatened by a typhoon at one stage the Olympic sailing programme went off almost without a hitch, but the winds of change blowing through bo...