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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoBrisbane to host 2032 Olympic Games: IOC
Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympics on Wednesday, triggering celebratory fireworks as it became the third Australian city to host the...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoWatch: One year late, Tokyo Olympics sports finally underway
The Tokyo Olympics sports programme finally opened after a year’s pandemic delay with softball in disaster-hit Fukushima on Wednesday as the...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoEx-Olympic champion Rossi recovering after heart attack
Italy’s three-time former Olympic canoeing champion Antonio Rossi is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack running a half-marathon, according...
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Football
/ 3 years agoSouth Africa coach fears Eriksen repeat after Olympic isolation
South Africa’s Olympic football coach fears his players’ health could be at risk after being forced to isolate at the Tokyo...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoUS gymnast tests positive for COVID-19 at Olympics
A female US gymnast has tested positive for coronavirus at an Olympic training camp and another athlete is self-isolating, team chiefs...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoTokyo organisers insist Olympic Village ‘safe place to stay’
Tokyo Games organisers insisted Monday that the Olympic Village is “a safe place to stay”, as fears of a coronavirus cluster...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoUS tennis teen Gauff to miss Olympics with COVID-19 positive
American teen tennis star Coco Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19, she announced on Sunday. Gauff,...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoTokyo Olympic beds are sturdy, IOC says after ‘anti-sex’ report
The cardboard beds at the Tokyo Olympic Village are “sturdy”, organisers reassured on Monday, after a report warned they weren’t strong...
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Football
/ 3 years agoThree members of S.African Olympic football team positive for coronavirus
Two players and a support staff member of South Africa’s men’s Olympic football team have tested positive for the coronavirus in...
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More sports
/ 3 years agoSouth Korean IOC member tests positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo
A South Korean member of the International Olympic Committee has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC said...