Mikel Oyarzabal ended Spain's 21-year wait for a goal and a win in Olympic soccer by clinching a 1-0 victory over Australia on Sunday. Oyarzabal headed in the winner in the 81st minute to send Spain ... ( read original story ...)
Argentina beats Egypt 1-0 in men’s Olympic soccer
Facundo Medina scored to give Argentina a 1-0 victory over Egypt in men's Olympic soccer on Sunday. The defender netted from a low shot seven minutes into the second half as Argentina recovered from ... ( read original story ...)
Shock golds & Osaka returns to action
Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer and Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui win surprise golds on a drama-filled second day at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)
How Naomi Osaka became the face of the Tokyo Olympics
For almost a decade, the career of Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has been focused on becoming the face of the Tokyo games. Years of training, planning and marketing culminated on Sunday with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Shock golds for Kiesenhofer & Hafnaoui as Osaka & Biles start campaigns
Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer and Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui win surprise golds on a drama-filled second day at the Toky. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka eases into second round in return to tennis at Tokyo Olympics
Naomi Osaka returned to the place where she is most comfortable, the tennis court, and she produced a solid opening win ... ( read original story ...)
Swimmers get U.S. on medal board at Tokyo Olympics
Chase Kalisz took the first gold medal for the U.S. and Jay Litherland snagged the first silver on Sunday as they finished one and two in the 400-meter individual medley. “U-S-A! U-S-A!” a small group ... ( read original story ...)
Shooting-Batsarashkina completes Rio business in Tokyo, Shaner strikes gold
Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina won the women's 10-metre pistol event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday to claim the gold medal that narrowly eluded her five years ago in Rio. ( read original story ...)
Frenchman’s Tokyo hunger strike over ‘abducted’ kids in third week
His two children were abducted by their Japanese mother, and he has been on hunger strike since July 10 Frenchman on hunger strike in Tokyo seeking access to his ... "It's unbelievable. It's 'business ... ( read original story ...)
Judo-Japan’s Uta Abe wins gold medal in women’s -52 kg category in Tokyo
Japanese judoka Uta Abe, 21, won the gold medal in the women's -52 kg category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Sunday, defeating Amandine Buchard of France in the final. ( read original story ...)
‘Out of My Body’: Osaka Sharp in Debut at Tokyo Olympics
Naomi Osaka is back playing, still winning, and also talking to the media again. The Japanese superstar who lit the Olympic cauldron defeated 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics while you were sleeping: US swimming starts strong, but women’s gymnastics doesn’t deliver
Powered by a strong day in the pool, Team USA racked up medals Sunday. But the dominant U.S. women's gymnastics squad did not have its A-game. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Japan’s Yuto Horigome captures first-ever skateboarding gold
Skateboarding was one of six Olympic sports to debut in Tokyo this year, and on Sunday the first medal was awarded in the competition. ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles’ Tokyo Olympics Off to Shaky Start but Golds Still in Reach
Biles' passage to two finals looked—at times—in serious jeopardy, as she continues her bid to become the most decorated female Olympic gymnast of all time. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Judoka Chelsie Giles wins Team GB’s first medal at Tokyo 2020
Chelsie Giles becomes Great Britain's first medallist of the Tokyo Olympics, winning bronze after defeating Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher in the women's -52kg judo competition. ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Skateboarding-Japan’s Horigome wins sport’s first Olympic gold
"at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url=" Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) -Yuto Horigome of Japan claimed the first Olympic gold medal in skateboarding after recovering his composure with high-scoring tricks ... ( read original story ...)