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    VIDEO: Tokyo 2020 Games: ‘There is more that unites than divides’

    17 Feb 2020

    Tokyo, the host city of Olympics and Paralympics 2020, will receive athletes and spectators from all over the world with the overarching motto of “United by Emotion,” revealed the Organising Committee on Monday.

    2021 'last option' for Tokyo Games, says Olympics chief

    21 May 2020

    The Olympics have never been cancelled outside of the world wars, but Japanese officials have been clear that they have no intention of postponing the Games again beyond next year.

    World's oldest living champion Agnes Keleti to turn 100 next month

    24 Dec 2020

    Keleti, who celebrates her birthday on Jan.9, is also Hungary's most successful gymnast, and one of the most decorated Jewish athletes in history. While she now has dementia that affects her short-term memory, her feisty spirit remains intact.

    Tokyo Games will go ahead even under state of emergency: IOC

    21 May 2021

    The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead even if the city is under a state of emergency due to COVID-19, a top Olympic official said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing organisers of the pandemic-hit Games.

    Japan to vaccinate Olympic athletes before Games

    12 May 2021

    There was no immediate comment from Olympic organisers or Japan's Olympic Committee on the reports in the Nikkei and Yomiuri Shimbun dailies, which did not name their sources.

    VIDEO: 46-year-old Uzbek gymnast Chusovitina gets standing ovation after competing in her eighth consecutive Olympic Games

    07 Aug 2021

    Chusovitina's career as gymnast has spanned more than a quarter century. She won the USSR Junior Nationals in 1988 and began competing at the international level in 1989, before many of her current rivals were even born.

    Nishikori advances to first ATP semis at Atlanta in two years

    07 Aug 2021

    Japan’s Kei Nishikori advanced to his first ATP semi-final in more than two years by defeating South Africa’s 50th-ranked Lloyd Harris 6-3, 7-5 on Friday at the Citi Open.

    Arshad Nadeem makes history, keeps Pakistan’s medal hopes alive at Tokyo Olympics

    04 Aug 2021

    Arshad has become the first-ever Pakistani to reached the final of any track and field event in the Olympic Games, hoping to get a medal and break the country’s 29-year-old medal-drought in the Olympics.

    Australia’s Emma McKeon makes history, leaves Tokyo with record seven gold medals

    01 Aug 2021

    Emma McKeon, who has pocketed four golds in Tokyo, swam the butterfly leg as part of Australia's 'Awesome Foursome' in the medley relay, with Cate Campbell's superb final leg pushing the United States into silver.

    Britain’s Worthington bags inaugural Olympics BMX freestyle gold

    02 Aug 2021

    Tokyo: Britain’s Charlotte Worthington tried her luck by doing a trick never managed before in a female BMX competition. The trick paid off as Worthington won the inaugural BMX freestyle Olympic title on Sunday by landing

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