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Japan OlympicJapan PM Yoshihide Suga to step down after year in office
Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular Covid-19 response and ...
Biles out of more Olympic events as doping case rocks athletics
Biles came to Tokyo seeking five gold medals to equal the Olympic all-time gymnastics record of nine, but mental health issues forced her to pull out of the team final on Tuesday
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Japan and China on top
Japan's Aaron Wolf and Shori Hamada grabbed gold medals in judo, bringing the host nation's haul to 15. An all-China showdown in the women's table tennis singles final also landed the country its ...
Olympics archery
Diya Siddique eliminated from recurve singles in shoot-off
Bangladeshi promising teen-age archer Diya Siddique was eliminated from the women's recurve singles after making a brilliant fight in shoot-off stage of Tokyo Olympics '2020 Archery at the ...
Biles pulls out of Olympic all-around title defence as support pours in
Simone Biles abandoned the defence of her individual all-around Olympic crown on Wednesday, a day after her shock withdrawal from the women's team final over mental health concerns
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Nishikori confident Osaka can bounce back after shock exit
Japan's Kei Nishikori said compatriot and world no. 2 Naomi Osaka will only grow stronger from the experience of having her Tokyo Olympics prematurely ended by Czech Marketa Vondrousova in the ...
Japan's Nishiya becomes one of the youngest to win Olympic gold
Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days on Monday
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Host nation Japan enjoyed a gold rush on a day of upsets at the Tokyo Games on Sunday
Naomi Osaka refreshed and ready after first win since May
Naomi Osaka said she was feeling refreshed and ready to play, following a dominant 6-1 6-4 win over China's Zheng Saisai in the opening round of the Tokyo Games
Upsets in Olympic pool as Japan, Tunisia strike gold
Japan and Tunisia celebrated shock gold medals on a day of upsets in the Olympic swimming pool on Sunday while Tokyo youngster Yuto Horigome claimed a fairytale hometown victory with the first ever ...
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