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Paralympic bosses approve venue plan for 2030 Games
Paralympic bosses on Friday approved the venue masterplan for the 2030 Winter Games scheduled to be held in the French Alps.
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/ 5 years agoChinese shooter Yang wins first gold of Tokyo Olympics
Ice-cold Chinese shooter Yang Qian claimed the first gold of the Tokyo Games on Saturday, keeping her cool while Russian Anastasiia...
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/ 5 years agoWatch: Pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics open in low-key ceremony without fans
The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year’s pandemic delay and lingering...
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/ 5 years agoWatch: Team Malta takes part in Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony
Team Malta took part in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games which got underway in front of an...
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/ 5 years agoWatch: Troubled Tokyo Olympics set to open under COVID-19 cloud
The most troubled Olympics in modern history finally open in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to shake off lingering virus fears after...
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/ 5 years agoTokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over old Holocaust skit
The show director for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired on the eve of the event over a decades-old...
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Football
/ 5 years agoWatch: France thrashed by Mexico in Olympic opener, Brazil beat Germany as Spain held
France’s bid for men’s Olympic football glory got off to a nightmare start with a 4-1 defeat by Mexico on Thursday,...
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Judo
/ 5 years agoWatch: Judo, Japan’s ‘gentle’ martial art practised by millions
It’s practised by tens of millions around the world but there’s no doubt that judo’s spiritual home is Japan, where the martial...
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/ 5 years agoWatch: ‘No interest’: little cheer in Tokyo day before Olympics open
The athletes are in the Village and the world’s media has arrived, but for many in Japan, there’s little festive cheer...
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/ 5 years agoOlympics VP defiant after ‘mansplaining’ backlash
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates on Thursday denied bullying a female politician to attend the Tokyo Games opening ceremony, after...
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/ 5 years agoCoronavirus forces four athletes out of Tokyo Olympics
Four competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed on Wednesday after testing positive for the...
