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TOKYO (Reuters) - Portugal's Pedro Pichardo won the gold medal in the men's triple jump at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. China's Zhu Yaming won silver and Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso took b...

By Tom Daly and Shivani Singh (Reuters) - For the first time in a decade, China has released some of its strategic metal stocks to try to dampen a price rally hurting manufacturers. It has also releas...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Ryan Crouser of the United States defended his Olympic title as he won gold in the men's shot put at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, breaking his own record three times in the final a...

By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - The women's solo "kata" competition kicked off karate's first foray into the Olympics on Thursday with the 10 karateka performing routines in a hushed, spectator-les...

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazilian Luiz Francisco led a crew of skaters from his country to the finals of the men's park skateboarding competition, soaring over the skate park under Tokyo's sco...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hansle Parchment of Jamaica won the men's 110 metres hurdles gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Grant Holloway of the United States took the silver medal while Ronald Levy of Ja...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nevin Harrison of the United States won the gold medal in the women's canoe single 200 metres competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Canada's Laurence Vincent-Lapointe took t...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States failed to make the Olympic men's 4x100 metres relay final after a ragged run saw them finish a shock sixth in their semi-final on Thursday. The U....

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hungary's Sandor Totka won the gold medal in the men's kayak single 200 metres competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Italy's Manfredi Rizza took the silver medal, while Brit...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Some members of a government expert panel warned that a recent surge in COVID-19 cases was severe enough to impose a nationwide state of emergency, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimu...