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Japan's Naomi Osaka cruises into the third round of the Tokyo Olympics women's singles with a 65-minute victory over Viktorija Golubic. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka hasn't played competitive tennis in two months but beat Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Olympics tournament. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 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 ...)

The 2008 gymnastics all-around gold medalist is getting love and questions about her fashion choices at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

More golds are up for grabs as the Games reach their third day. Join our writers for all the latest news ... ( read original story ...)

More golds are up for grabs as the Games reach their third day. Join our writers for all the latest news ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)