When Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open tennis tournament at the end of May, any connection with golf’s US Open would have seemed tenuous at best. Yet of all the sports stars asked in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s inability to replicate the might of the Springboks shouldn’t mask their brilliance
Good old Lions, they never change. If they wanted to stage a pre-tour match and choose an opponent, venue, timing and climate that conflicted so totally with conditions and style of play they will ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will do little to prepare Gatland’s men for Springboks but what a joy to finally see the Lions in action
Good old Lions, they never change. If they wanted to stage a pre-tour match and choose an opponent, venue, timing and climate that conflicted so totally with conditions and style of play they will ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor to shutter public viewing sites for Olympics
The governor of Tokyo announced on Saturday that all public viewing locations for the summer Olympics will be closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin miners exit China, beat a path to the U.S. as crypto climate shifts
Chinese authorities are cracking down on cryptocurrency to dial back energy consumption and meet their climate goals, sending miners scattering. Miners are decamping for places like Texas, South ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cancels Olympic live-viewing events and will turn some venues into vaccination sites
Olympics and Paralympics organizers are scheduled to meet Monday to determine the number of spectators allowed at the games. ( read original story ...)
Athletics Kenya unveils its team for the Tokyo Olympics
Kenya unveiled its Tokyo Olympics squad on Saturday with a list of more than 40 athletes including world champion Hellen Obiri and defending 1,500m Olympic gold medallist Faith Chepngetich. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: surge testing rolled out in Lambeth and Cumbria; Japan turns Olympic viewing sites into vaccine centres
Scientist says people in England who have had two jabs and come into contact with someone infected may soon be spared 10 days of self-isolating ... ( read original story ...)
Venture Capital Funds Have Invested a Record $17B Into Crypto in 2021
Venture Capital funds have invested a yearly record into the crypto market, eclipsing over $17 billion in 2021 already. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cancels public viewing sites, some to be vaccination centres
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Saturday cancelled all public viewing sites for the summer Olympics, diverting some venues to be COVID-19 vaccinations centres instead. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics organizers are handing out more than 150,000 condoms to athletes – but also asking recipients not to use them at the Olympic village
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics plan to hand out more than 150,000 condoms to athletes. They'll also ask the more than 11,000 athletes at the games to continue social distancing. "The distributed ... ( read original story ...)
Tied down and locked away: Harrowing tales emerge from Japan’s psychiatric patients
Lawsuits and studies cast light on wide use of physical restraints and long confinements in Japan’s vast mental health system. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Tokyo mass livestreaming of Olympics canceled
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says plans to hold mass public viewings of the Olympics at six sites have been canceled, as worries grow about the coronavirus pandemic amid one of the slowest vaccine rollouts ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics athletes warned not to use 160,000 free condoms
Tokyo 2020 organisers have insisted 160,000 free condoms for Olympic athletes can only be used after the Games due to Covid-19 rules ... ( read original story ...)
‘I put my life savings in crypto’: how a generation of amateurs got hooked on high-risk trading
Online trading apps are drawing in novice investors willing to risk everything on volatile stocks. Do they really know what they’re doing? ( read original story ...)
Bank Of Japan Announces Lending Investment For Fighting Climate Change
The Bank of Japan announced a plan on June 18 to launch investment for fighting climate change. The bank hopes to launch the new scheme within 2021. ( read original story ...)