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TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia won the gold medal in the women's 4x100 freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday in a world record time of 3:29.69. Canada won silver in 3:32.78 and the bronze went ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - World number six Bryson DeChambeau tested positive for COVID-19 before his departure for the Tokyo Olympics and will be replaced in the United States men's golf team by Patrick Reed,...

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Hong Kong judges will rule on Tuesday whether the protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our Times" is a call for secession when they deliver a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian Vitalina Batsarashkina won the gold medal in women's 10-metre pistol event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Bulgarian Antoaneta Kostadinova won the silver at the Asaka Shooti...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Yui Ohashi won the Olympic swimming gold medal in the women's 400m medley on Sunday in a time of 4:32.08. American Emma Weyant took the silver medal in 4:32.76 and compatriot...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's New South Wales logged its second-highest daily increase in locally acquired COVID-19 cases of the year on Sunday amid fears of a wave of new infection...

By Chang-Ran Kim CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Refugee Kimia Alizadeh, who won a taekwondo bronze medal for Iran at the Rio Olympics, beat an erstwhile compatriot on Sunday to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympics organisers reported on Sunday 10 new Olympics-related COVID-19 cases, bringing the disclosed total to 132. (Reporting by Sam Nussey and Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Muraliku...

By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui pulled off a major shock on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics swimming medal events with a stunning victory in the men's 400m freestyle, w...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan secured its second Olympic gold on Sunday after Yui Ohashi's victory in the 400m women's medley, as the Games heat up in Tokyo. The medal offers organisers hope of improving ent...