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Judo
/ 3 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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Olympic Games
/ 3 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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Olympic Games
/ 3 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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More sports
/ 3 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...
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Football
/ 3 years agoUS women’s 44-game unbeaten run ended by Sweden at Olympics
Four-time Olympic champions the United States suffered a first defeat in 45 matches Wednesday as they lost 3-0 to Sweden in...
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Olympic Games
/ 3 years agoTeam Malta settling down in Tokyo Olympic Village
The Maltese contingent has started to trickle into Tokyo as COVID-19 regulations stipulate that athletes have been instructed to arrive no...
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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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Boxing
/ 3 years agoJoshua to defend heavyweight titles against Usyk in London in September
Britain’s Anthony Joshua will defend his World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organisation heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk...
English football
Man. United post losses for fifth straight year
