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They marched single file onto the podium near shortstop with the blank expressions of the condemned.When silver medals were handed out, they dangled them around each other’s necks like weights.Eyes ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese softball team won its second gold medal in Olympic history Tuesday, toppling a favored American squad in a fairy-tale finish for the host country. Except no one — not the winner, nor the ... ( read original story ...)

Members of team Japan celebrate after a softball game against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. Japan won 2-0. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

For those in sport today, pressures are untenable amid an endlessly hostile kind of unregulated social experiment ... ( read original story ...)

A Ugandan weightlifter who went missing in Japan after a failed bid to compete in the Tokyo Olympics was arrested upon returning home on Friday, and has been detained without charges ever since. ( read original story ...)

Literary incorrectness | PMQs | A marital palindrome | Cross words ... ( read original story ...)

Japan won its second straight Olympic softball gold medal, beating the United States 2-0 Tuesday in an emotional repeat of its 2008 victory in Beijing that again left the Americans in tears. Yukiko ... ( read original story ...)

American gymnast Simone Biles and Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka unexpectedly fell short of Olympic gold in Tokyo on day five of the summer competitions. Regardless, fans remain inspired by the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s great hope for tennis gold was dashed on Tuesday, when world number two Naomi Osaka lost in the third round of the Tokyo Games.Days after lighting the Olympic cauldron, Japan’s Osaka suffered ... ( read original story ...)

In today’s Olympics briefing: medals galore, but dismay for two of the most high-profile women at these Games ... ( read original story ...)

The 24-year-old, who is widely recognized as the greatest gymnast of all time, also said she was "not having as much fun" at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

"You submit your health status every single day," "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie says of reporting on the 2020 Olympic games from Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Olympic athletes are set to see some reprieve from extreme weather conditions, as Tropical Storm Nepartak is now forecast to miss Japan's capital city. The storm is expected to make landfall in ... ( read original story ...)

"It would be a honor and a privilege to represent my home country but also be able to be a voice and represent over 600,000 Dreamers like me," Luis Grijalva said. ( read original story ...)

Lieke Martens, Lineth Beerensteyn and Vivianne Miedema scored two goals each and the Netherlands secured its spot in the quarterfinals of the women's Olympic soccer tournament with an 8-2 victory over ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Japan won its second straight Olympic softball gold medal, beating the United States, 2-0, on Tuesday, July 27, in an emotional repeat of its 2008 victory in Beijing that again left ... ( read original story ...)