Pizza for Italy, Dracula for Romania, and Chernobyl for Ukraine. These were the pictures and captions used by a South Korean broadcaster to depict nations at the Olympics opening ceremony. MBC since ... ( read original story ...)
Adam Peaty wins GB’s first gold at Tokyo 2020
You could have set your alarm clock by it. At 3.12am UK time, Adam Peaty won Great Britain’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics to prove that there are some things we can rely on in a very ... ( read original story ...)
Katie Ledecky Just Lost Her First Individual Event at the Tokyo Olympics
Ariarne Titmus of Australia inched past Ledecky in the last 50m of the 400m freestyle—just as she did the last time the two met. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Ariarna Titmus’ coach Dean Boxall goes wild following her 400m freestyle win
Watch the wild celebrations of the coach to Australian swimmer Ariarna Titmus after she wins a thrilling 400m freestyle gold at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks mixed, Tokyo gains after Wall Street highs
Asian shares were mixed on Monday after stocks rallied to records on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above the 35,000 level for the first time. Tokyo advanced after a 4-day ... ( read original story ...)
Nastia Liukin brought all of her style to the Tokyo Olympics and Twitter has mixed feelings about it
The 2008 gymnastics all-around gold medalist is getting love and questions about her fashion choices at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Ariarne Titmus outduels Katie Ledecky over final leg of epic 400-meter race in Tokyo
Katie Ledecky has taken down legends, held off would-be challengers and ruthlessly lapped some of the top swimmers in the world during an Olympic career that has taken her from London to Rio de ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Titmus beats Ledecky to gold, Peaty wins Team GB’s first gold – live!
More golds are up for grabs as the Games reach their third day. Join our writers for all the latest news ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2020 day three: swimming medals on offer, Kristian Blummenfelt wins triathlon and more – live!
More golds are up for grabs as the Games reach their third day. Join our writers for all the latest news ... ( read original story ...)
Fiji beats Japan to open Olympic rugby sevens title defense
Defending champion Fiji kicked off the Olympic rugby sevens competition with a 24-19 comeback win over Japan on a humid, cloudy Monday morning at Tokyo Stadium. The highly favored Fijians scored in ... ( read original story ...)
‘Refreshed and happy’ Naomi Osaka realises dream
Down in the mixed zone the media waited. Naomi Osaka had just won her first match at her home Olympics and her first for two months. Now she was making her way down a narrow path behind Tokyo’s Centre ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: GB’s Alex Yee wins silver in men’s triathlon as Kristian Blummenfelt takes gold
Great Britain's Alex Yee wins silver in a punishing men's triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics as Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway claims gold. ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Support for Japan’s PM Suga Slides as Tokyo Games Underway
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid nine points to 34%, its lowest since he took office last September, a survey showed on Monday, clouding his hopes the Tokyo Olympics would boost ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics Latest: Fiji opens rugby with win over host Japan
Defending champion Fiji has opened the men’s Olympic rugby sevens competition with a 24-19 comeback win over Japan. The highly favored Fijians scored in the opening 30 seconds o ... ( read original story ...)
Not telling porkies: Japan’s latest cafe craze is dining with pigs
Japan is known for coming up with fun and sometimes strange ways to turn straightforward activities into something worth telling the whole world about and this place is no exception. The new Mipig ... ( read original story ...)
Only Tokyo could pull off these Games? Not everyone agrees
Staging an Olympics during the worst pandemic in a century? There’s a widespread perception that it couldn’t happen in a better place than Japan. A vibrant, open democracy with deep pockets, the host ... ( read original story ...)