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The Welsh athletes in Tokyo this summer won 22 medals - eight at the Olympics and 14 at the Paralympics. History was made as Ystrad Mynach's Lauren Price became the nation's first Olympic boxing ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Paralympics officially came to an end on Saturday as the closing ceremony took place at the Olympic Stadium. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Paralympics have come to an end - a year later than planned. Despite the lack of spectators, there have been the usual moments of joy, pain, agony and ecstasy. We have seen the standard of ... ( read original story ...)

The final act of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital was awarded the Games. The Paralympics ended a 13-day run in a ... ( read original story ...)

Great Britain's Paralympics team has "rewritten the history books" with their performance in Tokyo, says chef de mission Penny Briscoe. ( read original story ...)

Misato Michishita triumphed on home turf while USA pipped the Russian Paralympic Committee in the medal table ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is feeling a little like old times. Yoshihide Suga’s decision to step down as prime minister after only a year recalls the days before his predecessor Shinzo Abe’s almos ... ( read original story ...)

Holding two huge international sporting events in a global pandemic can be seen as a triumph, but there has been a huge financial cost and a rise in Covid cases ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese former cabinet minister Sanae Takaichi has secured enough support in the ruling party to join the race to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, public broadcaster NHK reported. ( read original story ...)

LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY Leylah Fernandez hits the court for the first time since the 18-year-old Canadian defeated defending champion Naomi Osaka. Fernandez’s knee-to-the-ground, quick-redirect style at ... ( read original story ...)

Great Britain win two bronze medals on the final day of the Tokyo Paralympics to finish second in the medal table. ( read original story ...)

Fumio Kishida, a key contender to succeed Yoshihide Suga as Japan's prime minister, said on Sunday that debate on funding economic stimulus measures he has proposed should wait until after a general ... ( read original story ...)

Great Britain's David Weir will assess his future after finishing fifth in the men's T54 marathon at the Tokyo Paralympics as Switzerland's Marcel Hug claimed gold. ( read original story ...)

The latest stop in Kobe Paras' basketball journey will be the Land of the Rising Sun. Paras will be the seventh Filipino to make the jump to the Japan B.League after he signed a contract under the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese imperial weddings are simpler than those of the British royal family, but the marriage of a princess is still an occasion for lavish celebration and so ... ( read original story ...)

Fans of Japanese beer probably know that Hokkaido is the place to go if you are in search of delicious brews. Sapporo is home to the famous Sapporo Beer, beer museum, and the first beer brewery in ... ( read original story ...)