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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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

There will be 28 sports in competition Monday at the Tokyo Olympics, including the men's gymnastics team finals. ( read original story ...)

Japan is staging the Summer Olympics during a state of emergency and without spectators with coronavirus cases surging though the situation nowhere nearly as dire elsewhere. ( read original story ...)

Uta and Hifumi Abe are perhaps Japan’s most popular sibling rivalry. The top-ranked judoka became the first brother-sister pair to compete in the same tournament when they fought in the world judo ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 organizers have put in place a strict testing and quarantine bubble system. But no system is perfect ... ( read original story ...)

While it took about 48 minutes for Team USA's fortunes at the Tokyo Games to change, the specter of COVID-19 makes these Olympics very strange. ( read original story ...)

A man has been arrested in Japan for distributing flyers criticizing the decision to go ahead with the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, despite the nation's ongoing struggles with COVID-19.Yuji Usui, 59 ... ( read original story ...)

Bradly Sinden and Chelsie Giles became the first Team GB athletes to win medals at the Tokyo Olympics ... ( read original story ...)

The Americans try to add to their impressive first day haul of swimming medals on Day 3 of the Tokyo Games when some of their top competitors get back in the pool Monday, while the U.S. ( read original story ...)

Jagger Eaton performs in the final during the Tokyo Olympics Skateboarding Men's Street at Ariake Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, July 25, 2021 Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI ... ( read original story ...)

GB rower Hannah Scott was stunned when supporters carved huge Olympic rings on her local beach in Northern Ireland and vows for better at Paris 2024 after her Tokyo exit. ( read original story ...)

Swimmer Katie Ledecky will take on Australian rival Ariarne Titmus in the 400 free, making it one of the most anticipated races at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

ASTON VILLA star Douglas Luiz has been sent off for Brazil in their Olympics clash against Ivory Coast. The game in Tokyo is currently goalless but the defending champions must play the second ... ( read original story ...)

After the tumult over her skipping the French Open and Wimbledon, she returned to light the cauldron for what may very well end up as the Osaka Games. ( read original story ...)