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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...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Chase Kalisz of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 400 metres medley in a time of 4:09.42 at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Compatriot Jay Literland took the silver med...

By Philip O'Connor TOKYO (Reuters) - A typhoon brewing off the coast of Japan might save the Olympic surfing dream of Costa Rica's Carlos Munoz, who is racing to Tokyo as a late replacement for Freder...

By Idrees Ali EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that the Afghan security forces' first job was to make sure they could slow the Taliban's ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dutch rowing coach Josy Verdonkschot has tested positive for COVID-19, the Netherlands Olympic Committee (NOCNSF) said on Sunday, and has gone into a 10-day quarantine. The news come...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Alistair Brownlee was hot favourite at the last two Olympics and duly delivered gold and his absence from Tokyo means a good half of the field, including ...

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Skateboarding made its historic debut on the Olympic stage early Sunday, with men's street heats kicking off the sport's four-day competition under Tokyo's blazing sun....