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Olympics: Norway’s Karsten Warholm breaks world record

Karsten Warholm has won a spectacular men's 400m hurdles final in a new world record time of 45.94. Rai Benjamin of the USA came...

Simone Biles back with brave bronze as records fall

Simone Biles retook the gymnastics stage on Tuesday after a week's absence, electrifying the Tokyo Olympics on a day that saw world records smashed...

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah takes 200m gold to complete sprint double in Tokyo

Elaine Thompson-Herah was in a class of her own, winning the 200m Olympic gold medal in a time of 21.53 seconds, with Namibian Christine...

Sweden’s Armand “Mondo” Duplantis wins men’s pole vault gold medal

Sweden's Armand "Mondo" Duplantis confirmed his status as the best pole vaulter in the world with a winning leap of 6.02 metres at Tokyo...

Competitive gymnast explains Simone Biles’ case of the ‘twisties’

The world was shocked when Simone Biles withdrew from the women's Olympic gymnastics team finals on Tuesday. I, Karen Braun, wasn't. As soon as she completed...

Japan announces virus emergency throughout Olympics

Japan's government on Thursday announced a new virus state of emergency stretching throughout the Olympics, as reports said organisers could bar fans from almost...

Doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19

The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in the Games host city "have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity"

Tokyo unveils 2020 venue inspired by Japanese architecture

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Tuesday unveiled a custom-built $188 million gymnastics venue inspired by Japanese architecture

‘Jennifer Aniston’s hairstyle?’: Paris 2024 logo mocked online

'The artist's muse, the poet's dream, and the girl your mother warned you about. She's fashionably late for everything'

Mascots and javelin carriers: Tokyo adds robots to Olympic roster

A roster of Olympic robots that will do everything from welcoming visitors to transporting javelins has been unveiled

Oscar dates shifted in 2021 and 2022 for Olympics, Super Bowl

The Oscars are Hollywood's biggest night.

UK’s Johnson likens Putin’s World Cup to 1936 Berlin Olympics

London: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson agreed on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin would exploit the 2018 football World Cup in Russia as Nazi...

Futuristic superheroes picked as Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascots

TOKYO: Tokyo on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited mascot for the 2020 Olympic Games: a futuristic blue-checked, doe-eyed character with pointy ears and "special powers"...

Record-breaking Norway out of Olympic golden shoes

OSLO: Norway might have won the most medals of any country ever at a Winter Olympics but it has come at a cost --...

Olympics: IOC discussing norovirus outbreak, more cases reported

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Olympic officials are discussing measures to combat the spread of a virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea after 42 new cases...

North Korea says no US talks planned at Olympics, Pence vows continued pressure

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea has no intention of meeting US officials during the Winter Olympics that start in South Korea on Friday, state...

Russia to create sports competition for banned Olympic athletes

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to organise a sports competition for Russian athletes banned from the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang...

Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics

GENEVA: Russia was banned from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee over its state-orchestrated doping programme, but clean Russian athletes will...

Football World Cup, Olympics terror threats growing, says Interpol

DOHA: Terror and cyber-security threats to major global sporting events, including football's World Cup and the Olympics, are growing, Interpol's secretary general warned on...

Brazil arrests Rio 2016 Olympic committee chairman on corruption charges

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police on Thursday arrested the chairman of the country's Olympic Committee as part of a probe into alleged vote buying...
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