The 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are fully underway, and relevant to the mission of this space is that the baseball tournament begins on Tuesday. Baseball has not been an Olympic sport since 2008, so ...

From swimming and gymnastics to skateboarding and cycling, catch up on the highlights from the Tokyo Summer Olympics from July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021. Maja Nilsson, of Sweden, competes during a ...

Tokyo 2020 have defended the sustainability of their Olympic Games after further criticism from groups alleging their use of timber has "destroyed valuable rainforests". It was reported earlier this ...

US hammer thrower Gwen Berry, along with famed 1968 medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos, are three of over 150 athletes, human rights and social justice experts, and sports organizations who ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The following is a timeline of major events in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year and set to open in a month: September 2013: Tokyo is awarded the 2020 ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 24: Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto speaks to media after video conference with IOC executive board on February 24, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Mrs ...

Objective To analyse injuries and illnesses during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Summer Games. Methods This retrospective descriptive study included 11 420 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees and ...

History was made on the track Tuesday morning in the men’s 400 meters hurdles final. Norway’s Karsten Warholm took gold, setting a world record of 45.94 and breaking the 46-second mark for the first ...

Thirteen years after the Japanese women's softball national team achieved their biggest victory when they took down Team USA in the gold medal game at the 2008 Olympics, they returned to the 2020 ...

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a record haul of 27 gold medals, far exceeding the previous high of 16 at the 2000 Athens Olympics. Mitsugi Ogata, general ...

Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by major advertising firm Dentsu Group, which was fined 300 million yen, or about 1.9 million dollars, for rigging bids linked to the Tokyo Olympics and ...

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