Asian champions Qatar beat El Salvador to reach Gold Cup semis
Al Moez Ali scored twice, making Asian champions Qatar the first team to reach the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Saturday, holding on to beat El Salvador 3-2. … Read More
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Iranian refugee shocks Olympic gold medalist Jones at Tokyo 2020
Iranian refugee Kimia Alizadeh came within striking distance of winning the Refugee Olympic Team’s first ever medal after three impressive wins in the Tokyo Games’ taekwondo tournament on Sunday. However, … Read More
Surfing makes long-awaited Olympics debut at Tokyo 2020
Under blue skies and a blazing sun, surfing has made its Olympic debut on Sunday, more than a century after Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku first pushed for its inclusion at the … Read More
Tokyo Olympics: Dutch rowing coach tests positive for COVID-19
Dutch rowing coach Josy Verdonkschot has tested positive for COVID-19, the Netherlands Olympic Committee (NOCNSF) said on Sunday and has gone into a 10-day quarantine in Japan. The news comes … Read More
Cleveland baseball team changes name from Indians to Guardians
Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will change its name to the Guardians from the Indians starting next season, it said on Twitter on Friday, after having promised to give up … Read More
Pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics open as Naomi Osaka lights cauldron
The virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics have finally opened on Friday with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colourful but strangely subdued ceremony that set … Read More
‘My Olympics journey should give hope to all young Afghan girls’
Nigara Shaheen was born in Afghanistan but moved to Pakistan when she was just six months old. Her family, based in Jalalabad, fled the war in Afghanistan, walking for two … Read More
Tokyo’s marathon journey to the start of the Olympics
A year after they were supposed to start, the Tokyo Olympics will officially get underway with a three-and-a-half-hour opening ceremony on July 23. The event at the National Stadium in … Read More
Olympics opening ceremony director fired on eve of event
The director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been dismissed, the organisers have said following news reports that he had previously made jokes about the Holocaust. … Read More
Olympics face heat from broiling Tokyo summer
Tokyo, Japan – As Japan prepares to hold the long-delayed Olympics on Friday, it is not only the coronavirus pandemic that is causing concern. There are also worries about the … Read More