Japan’s Yuasa, Higuchi, Sakurai add to gold medal haul at Paris Olympics
As of Friday, the Paris Games are tied with the 1964 Tokyo Games and the 2004 Athens Games for the second-best gold medal haul.
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Southeast Asia soars in traditional, new sports at Paris 2024, improving Tokyo 2020 results
Southeast Asia equalled its best gold-medal haul at a single Olympics with five golds, three silvers and eight bronzes, as the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and…
Tokyo Governor Koike fractures knee while making opening pitch for baseball game
Koike threw the pitch as part of efforts to develop an atmosphere conducive to the World Athletics Championships and the Deaflympics to be held in Tokyo next year.
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Between Paris 1924 and 2024 were generations of striving, from the first Olympic medal, Yldefonso’s swimming bronze in Amsterdam in 1928, and his second, in 1932 in LA, when he…
China upsets Belgium to reach Olympic field hockey final
The last time China reached an Olympic final was at Beijing 2008 on home soil.
‘Come back stronger’: PM Modi reacts to Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from Paris Olympics
“Vinesh, you are a champion among champions! You are India’s pride and an inspiration for each and every Indian,” the PM said in a social media post.
Bronze for Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio after she misses final at Paris Olympics
Petecio was the last fighter standing for the Philippine boxing team, which was reduced to a two-bronze output after a strong performance in the Tokyo Olympics where the squad…
Chinese AI making all the smart moves at Paris Olympics
Sports, refereeing, and broadcasting are being revolutionised by domestically developed technology.
Using Caloy: Celebratory or predatory?
We should separate the sincere and celebratory from the predatory messages. Carlos Yulo reserves all rights to his name, image, and likeness for commercial purposes and should…
Japan’s Kenichiro Fumita wins gold in men’s Greco-Roman wrestling; Nonoka Ozaki wins bronze
Fumita took silver in the Tokyo Games in 2021.