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(Reuters) - Japan's men's captain Maya Yoshida has questioned the decision to hold the Olympic Games behind closed doors, calling on authorities to reconsider the spectator ban before the football tou...

TOKYO (Reuters) - It will be a dream come true for Felix Auger-Aliassime when he marches with his Canada teammates at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday but the 20-year-old says he is...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 15 people died after several houses in two Mumbai suburbs collapsed due to landslides caused by heavy rainfalls, local officials said on Sunday. Rescuers were seen using...

(Reuters) - Australia's entire athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics was quarantined in their rooms on Saturday at their pre-Games training camp in Cairns following a COVID-19 scare. An inconclusive t...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Sunday reported 41,157 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 31.1 million, health ministry data showed. The number of deaths rose ...

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) - Driven by the memory of her dead father, Australian teenager Kaylee McKeown has hit a stunning vein of form just in time for her Olympic debut and heads to Tokyo r...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is expected to complete construction work for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by October, the state-backed Xinhua News agency reported on Sunday. Fifty-three of the 57 Winte...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai youth activists vowed to stage a protest on Sunday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, despite a nation-wide ban on public gatherings imposed by the...

(Reuters) - The surging Milwaukee Bucks took control of the NBA Finals with a 123-119 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Saturday. After dropping the first two games of the series, the Bucks have r...

(Reuters) - Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty has said there is no right answer to questions on the Tokyo Games taking place during the COVID-19 crisis but he is among the "biased" athletes who wan...