MacNeil wins women’s 100m butterfly gold
AFP, Tokyo :Canada’s Maggie MacNeil powered to the women’s 100m butterfly gold medal in the third-fastest time ever Monday to unseat Swedish defending champion and...
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Argentina’s Maurice, an Olympic loss and marriage proposal
Agency :Moments after fencer Maria Belen Perez Maurice was knocked out of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, her coach made a dramatic lunge of his...
Dressel-led USA win men’s 4x100m relay gold
AFP, Tokyo :A United States team spearheaded by CaelebDressel stormed to the men’s 4x100m Olympic relay gold medal in the third quickest time ever Monday....
Sella’s dream ends in a flash
Agency :Eldric Sella went through an arduous journey to get to Tokyo, spending years visualising himself throwing punches in the Olympic boxing ring but when...
Schoolgirl scoops gold as Japan warm to the Games
Agency :Japan’s Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women’s skateboarding gold at the age...
Osaka sweeps into 3rd round
AFP, Tokyo :Home favourite Naomi Osaka stepped up her quest for Olympic gold on Monday as she eased into third round of the Tokyo Games...
Medals table of Olympics
Medals table of OlympicsCountry G S B TotalJapan 8 2 3 13USA 7 3 4 14China 6 5 7 18ROC 4 5 3 12UK 3...
Tunisia’s Hafnaoui wins men’s 400m freestyle gold
Agency :Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui was so shocked to see his name in the gold medal position for the 400m freestyle on Sunday he did not...
Rahm out of Olympics after new Covid positive
World number one Jon Rahm withdrew from the Olympics on Sunday after testing positive for Covid-19 for the second time in two months, the Spanish...
China upset by Turkey in Tokyo 2020 women’s volleyball opener
Agency :China’s women’s volleyball team opened their defense of Olympic title with a shock straight-sets defeat to Turkey on Sunday.Jenny Lang Ping’s side were outclassed...
Bangladesh Athletics team off to Tokyo
Sports Reporter :The three-member Bangladesh Athletics team left Dhaka for Tokyo on Sunday to take part in the athletics competition of the Tokyo Olympics. Athlete...
France leave it late to sink South Africa, Brazil held
Agency :France got their Olympic men’s soccer campaign back on track as Teji Savanier netted a stoppage-time winner in their 4-3 victory over South Africa...