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The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is Friday, but some of the competition is already underway. Despite the rising cases of COVID-19 in Japan, Olympics officials are trying to keep the virus from ... ( read original story ...)

The Americans had been pointing to this game for five years, ever since they lost to Sweden on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics ... ( read original story ...)

"It is important for the international community to unite and raise its voice against (China's) unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force," Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori said. ( read original story ...)

A UGANDAN weightlifter who fled his Tokyo 2020 training camp has been caught by police. Julius Ssekitoleko, 20, absconded after learning that he had failed to qualify for the Olympics, despite ... ( read original story ...)

The face of Tokyo 2020 has had a turbulent year so far but has a habit of dropping into big events and producing her best ... ( read original story ...)

Japan brought forward the expected timing for achieving a primary balance surplus by two years to fiscal 2027 due to a surprise rise in tax revenues, even as the coronavirus pandemic hobbled a fragile ... ( read original story ...)

Known as La Roja, Chile qualified for Tokyo by beating Cameroon 2-1 in a two-legged intercontinental playoff. Brit ... ( read original story ...)

On the initial day of action at the Tokyo Games, the women's soccer players were the first athletes to use the Olympic platform for a display of activism. Long restricted by the I ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year's delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: Sweden has once again stunned the United States at the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's COVID-19 infections surged to a six-month high Wednesday with the Olympic host city logging 1,832 new cases just two days before the Games open. ( read original story ...)

The Americans had been pointing to this game for five years, ever since they lost to Sweden on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is the most gender-equal Olympics in the games' history, organizers said. At the first modern Olympic Games, held in 1896 in Athens, there wasn't a single female competitor. When the 2020 Games ... ( read original story ...)

Anger grows among attendees ordered to self-isolate after contact with Covid-infected person in transit to Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of the World Health Organization told sports officials Wednesday as ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic athlete claimed she was forced to make "a really tough decision" due to the Japanese government's restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Olympics are just around the corner and more than a dozen athletes who are mothers are heading to Tokyo to compete in the Summer Games. Among the superstar mothers going for the gold at this year’s ... ( read original story ...)