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When history looks back on this year's Tokyo Olympics, images of masked athletes and empty stadiums will likely be the defining feature. But look beyond the Covid-19 protocols and it will be clear ... ( read original story ...)

They'll always have Paris. That thought, full of promise, has been a lifebuoy for athletes to cling to as they coped, as best they could, with thickets of restrictions at the pandemic-hit Tokyo Games ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic historian David Wallechinsky, who was attending his 19th games, may have summed it up best when he told The New York Times that "if it hadn't been for the pandemic, this would go right up near ... ( read original story ...)

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshide Suga's administration fell below 30% for the first time since he became premier in September, a poll by Asahi newspaper showed on Monday. In the poll ... ( read original story ...)

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid below 30% for the first time since he took office, a survey showed on Monday, a sign the Tokyo Olympic Games failed to boost his ratings amid a ... ( read original story ...)

Follow the Meiji Yasuda J1 League live Football match between Yokohama FC and Nagoya Grampus with Eurosport. The match starts at 11:00 on 9 August 2021. Who will come out on top in the battle of the ... ( read original story ...)

To enter the National Olympic Stadium, for a resident of Tokyo at least, is like passing into a parallel universe. Ordinary spectators are excluded and, in the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is giving fans an inside look at her time in Tokyo, Japan, for the 2020 Summer Games in what she calls an "olympic collage" ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Olympics has been troubled but quietly glorious, reminding us the world can be fun ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic visitors will likely remember not technological advances but the reams of paper forms, glitchy apps and rigid bureaucracy of Japan's anti-COVID measures. ( read original story ...)

Biles' courageous choice created an opportunity for mental health discussions to move from raising awareness to positive action ... ( read original story ...)

With virtually all fans shut out from attending, the Tokyo Olympics had a sterile feel that often muted the outstanding accomplishments of the athletes. ( read original story ...)

As the torch goes out at Japan National Stadium in Meiji-Jingu Park, the end has arrived for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games— dubbed “the rainbow Olympics” by ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers put costs of Tokyo Olympics at $15.4 billion, though audit by Japanese government has suggested it could be twice that. ( read original story ...)

The United States made a push in the final stretch of the Olympics and succeeded in taking the top spot on the gold medal count from China on the final day of competitions. ( read original story ...)

USA go top of the medal standings, Kipchoge stays well clear, and Tokyo closes the show ... ( read original story ...)