Month: July 2021

Naomi Osaka hasn't played competitive tennis in two months but beat Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Olympics tournament. ( read original story ...)

Top-ranked Ash Barty and two-time defending Olympic singles champion Andy Murray are turning their attention to doubles. That's not necessarily what they wanted, though. Barty was upset by 48th-ranked ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka, who is competing for Japan in the Tokyo Olympics, defeated China's Saisai Zheng in their first-round match ... ( read original story ...)

Australia’s world No 1 and newly crowned Wimbledon champion fell to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in straight sets ... ( read original story ...)

American Nyjah Huston, the heavy favorite and great hope to lift U.S. skateboarding to new heights, finished seventh. ( read original story ...)

Yuto Horigome of Japan won the first ever skateboarding competition at the Olympic Games, taking gold in men’s street on Sunday in the city where he learned to skate as a kid and where his sport is ... ( read original story ...)

The United States had just given up its first run and was two outs away from losing for the first time in the Olympic softball tournament. Amanda Chidester stepped up to the plate with two runners on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and Tunisia celebrated shock gold medals on a day of upsets in the Olympic swimming pool on Sunday while Tokyo youngster Yuto Horigome claimed a fairytale hometown victory with the first ever ... ( read original story ...)

The Olyroos look to book their place in the Quarter Finals of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 men’s football tournament when they take on Spain U23 at the Sapporo Dome on Sunday night 8:30pm (AEST). Australia ... ( read original story ...)

A 59-year-old man from Nagoya has been arrested after scattering flyers protesting the Tokyo Olympics from a running subway train, t ... ( read original story ...)

Turned down for a job in the U.S. coaching pool in 2016 after she retired as a player, Cat Osterman found she was not angry. She's back in the Olympics at age 38, and not just throwing but dominating. ( read original story ...)

Amanda Chidester hit a game-ending, two-run single in the eighth inning, Monica Abbott struck out 13 and the United States beat Australia 2-1 on Sunday to clinch a berth in the Olympic softball gold ... ( read original story ...)

American swimmers snapped up six medals in the first day of swimming finals in Tokyo; Chase Kalisz led the way by winning the men's 400-meter individual medley. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) -Yuto Horigome of Japan claimed the first Olympic gold medal in skateboarding when he won the men's street final in Tokyo on Sunday. Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil won silver, while ... ( read original story ...)

For a year, the peak of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been off-limits because of coronavirus, but now hikers are flocking back to catch the spectacular sunrise above the clouds. ( read original story ...)