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Bronze lost but hearts won: Indian women’s hockey team signs off 4th at Olympics after narrow loss

Tokyo, Aug 6: The history-making Indian women’s hockey team’s dream of securing its maiden Olympic medal remained unfulfilled as it lost 3-4 to Great Britain in a hard-fought bronze play-off but the stout-hearted side managed to record its best ever finish at the Games here on Friday. The team […]

2 coaches removed from Tokyo Olympics in Belarus case

TOKYO — Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country. The International Olympic Committee said Friday it has canceled and removed the credentials of Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich. […]

No time for disappointment, have to focus on bronze medal match: skipper Manpreet and Sreejesh

Tokyo, Aug 3: The 2-5 loss to Belgium in the Olympic semifinals on Tuesday is disappointing but Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and star custodian P R Sreejesh said the side has no time to dwell on the heartbreak as it has to refocus for the bronze […]

Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam

TOKYO — Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something the American gymnastics star still can’t quite grasp — that forced her to pull out of four Olympic finals saw to that. […]

Brave Indian women create history, enter maiden Olympic hockey semifinals

Tokyo, Aug 2:  A brave and determined Indian women’s hockey team etched its name in the history books by entering the Olympic Games semifinals for the first time, stunning three-time champions and world no.2 Australia 1-0 in an intense last-eight tie here on Monday. A day after the […]

Incredible Raven: Saunders lends her voice to the Olympics

TOKYO — The “Incredible Hulk” mask should not fool anybody. Raven Saunders has nothing to hide. The face, and the voice, of the Tokyo Olympics, and all they’re about, could very well be found in a 25-year-old American shot putter who, on Sunday, could be spotted wearing the […]

Italian Jacobs takes surprising gold in Olympic 100

TOKYO — Marcell Jacobs won the men’s Olympic 100-meter race Sunday night, crossing the line in 9.8 seconds to bring the marquee sprint gold to Italy for the first time. Even in a race with no clear favorites, Jacobs was a surprise. He topped America’s Fred Kerley and […]

2020 Tokyo Olympics Medal Count

Medal Count Updated Aug. 1, 19:19 p.m. GMT+5:30 TEAM GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL United States 20 23 16 59 China 23 14 13 50 ROC 12 19 11 42 Great Britain 10 10 11 31 Australia 14 3 14 31 Japan 17 5 9 31 Italy 4 8 14 […]

Olympic Latest: Bencic wins tennis gold for Switzerland

TOKYO — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: 2020 Tokyo Olympics Medal Count Click to copy Medal Count Updated July 31, 21:04 p.m. GMT+5:30 TEAM GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL China 21 13 12 […]

Badminton-Taiwan scores two major wins; India’s Sindhu taken out

TOKYO, July 31 – Taiwan beat China to the badminton men’s doubles gold medal in one of several big moments on Saturday that included India’s PV Sindhu getting knocked out in the women’s singles semi-finals and an upstart from Guatemala making it into the men’s. Lee Yang and […]

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