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(Reuters) - The close of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics does not mean the end of financial questions surrounding an event that went ahead without spectators and cost more than twice as much to host as initia...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry recorded on Sunday 9,671 new coronavirus cases and 287 additional deaths, the biggest single-day spike in the country's death toll since April 9. In...

By Philip O'Connor TOKYO (Reuters) - Humility and quotes from the movie "The Lion King" are not qualities normally associated with boxers, but they carried Ireland's Kellie Harrington to Olympic gold ...

(Reuters) - As the Olympics nears its close, here is a look at how it played out under strict restrictions to ensure a "safe and secure" Tokyo 2020 amid a COVID-19 pandemic. VIRUS CASES Inside the Oly...

By Martyn Herman IZU, Japan (Reuters) - With a glorious sense of under-statement Jason Kenny said he had just kept "chipping away" over more than a decade of track cycling domination to become Britain...

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...