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Flag-bearers Tahani Alqahtani and Husein Alireza of Saudi Arabia lead their contingent during the athletes parade at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.
OLYMPICS
May 21, 2024

Ambitious Saudis look to homegrown talent for future Olympic success

Saudi Arabia will need more than the 33 athletes it sent to the Tokyo Olympics if it wants to host the Summer Games.
Japan's Fuka Nagano competes for the ball against Zambia's Evarine Katongo during the 2023 Women's World Cup in Hamilton, New Zealand. Nagano is among the stalwarts that will be looking to propel Nadeshiko Japan onto the podium at the Paris Games.
OLYMPICS / Football
Jun 14, 2024

Nadeshiko Japan’s Olympic squad strikes balance between experience and youth

The challenge in Paris looks daunting as Japan has been put in what many have labeled “the group of death” alongside world champions Spain, Brazil and Nigeria.
Zhang Yufei during the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, in September of last year
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Jun 19, 2024

Eleven swimmers in doping scandal named to Chinese Olympic team

WADA's decision not to punish the swimmers has provoked intense criticism, particularly from the United States.
Daiki Hashimoto trains in Tokyo on Friday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jun 22, 2024

Olympic gymnastics champ Hashimoto confident of full recovery

Hashimoto damaged a ligament in the middle finger of his right hand while practicing for his final competition before the Games.
The Eiffel Tower is seen from the water of the River Seine
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 25, 2024

River Seine's water quality in doubt as Paris counts down to Olympics

Heavy rain in May and June has caused major pollution problems in the river.
Caeleb Dressel dives into the pool during the men's 100-meter freestyle event at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis on June 18.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Jul 11, 2024

Swimming star Caeleb Dressel preparing to dive into uncharted waters in Paris

Dressel will defend two of his three individual titles at the Paris Games.
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
OLYMPICS / Football
Jul 17, 2024

After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption

For many, a disappointing effort on home soil in 2021 was a marker of just how far Japan's women's soccer team had fallen. Now the squad has its sights set on redemption.
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jul 19, 2024

Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking

The decision to have Miyata leave the team appeared to strike some observers as being overly harsh.
Brazilian street skateboarder Felipe Gustavo performs a trick during a timed run with the Red Bull team at a skate park in Huntington Beach, California, on April 24.
OLYMPICS / Skateboarding
Jul 23, 2024

Skateboarding's reputation does a 180 as it rolls into Paris

Skateboarding brought in a much-needed younger audience on its Olympic debut in 2021, leading organizers to lock it in for the Paris Games.
Canada's Evan Dunfee poses as he celebrates winning bronze in the men's 50-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Doha on Sept. 29, 2019.
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2024

Chilled athletes embrace strategies to beat Paris heat

In a warming world, heat acclimatization has moved rapidly from the fringes of sports science into the mainstream.
Members of the Japanese men's gymnastics team following a training session in Paris on Sunday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2024

Japan gymnasts to face unfamiliar equipment at Paris Games

Japanese tournaments often use equipment made by domestic firm Senoh, while the Paris Games will use equipment made by France's Gymnova.
Honoka Hayashi in action during a match against Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics, in Sapporo on July 24, 2021. Hayashi’s clinical passing, acute understanding of the game and high work-rate make her an embodiment of Nadeshiko soccer principles.
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2024

Nadeshiko Japan’s Honoka Hayashi ready to settle the score at Paris Games

Lauded for her intricate passing and soccer intelligence, Hayashi has adjusted her game to fit the demanding nature of elite leagues over the course of her career.
Canadian women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2024

Canadian Olympic head says soccer coach had no knowledge of drone incident

The COC said on Wednesday it accepted Priestman's decision to remove herself from Thursday's opening match against New Zealand.
Spain's Aitana Bonmati scores past Japan goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita during Spain's 2-1 win to open the women's soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics, in Nantes, France, on Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2024

Aitana Bonmati leads Spain to comeback win over Japan

Olympic debutants Spain recovered from going behind to an early goal to beat Group C rivals Japan and avenge a 4-0 group stage loss in last year's World Cup.
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Judo
Jul 27, 2024

Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris but later earns bronze

Nagayama's quest for gold ended in the quarterfinals. 
American gold medalists Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel celebrate after winning the 4x100-meter freestyle relay on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Jul 28, 2024

Winning gold 'doesn't get old' for Dressel after American clinches eighth

The United States beat Australia and Italy to win the 4x100-meter freestyle at La Defense Arena on Saturday.
Hifumi Abe reacts after defending his Olympic title in the judo men's under-66 kg division at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Judo
Jul 28, 2024

Japan's Hifumi Abe defends Olympic title after sister falls early

The Abe siblings famously both won gold at their home Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 just 30 minutes apart.
Japan's Yuto Horigome competes in the Olympic men's street skateboarding final at La Concorde in Paris on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Skateboarding
Jul 30, 2024

Japan's 'savage' Horigome retains Olympic street skateboarding crown

His compatriot Sora Shirai just missed out on the medals, coming in fourth.
Team Japan celebrates after winning gold in the men's team gymnastics event at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jul 30, 2024

Japan rallies past China to win gold in men's team gymnastics

Hashimoto completed the comeback in the team event with a golden performance on the horizontal barJapan passed China in the final rotation to win gold.
Nyjah Huston of the United States in action during the men's street skateboarding preliminaries in Paris on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Skateboarding
Jul 30, 2024

Men's street medalists want 'more tricks' in Los Angeles Games

The sport was added to the program in Tokyo and quickly caught on, earning permanent status in the Olympic agenda beginning with the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
Japan's Ryuju Nagayama (right) refuses to shake hands with Spain's Francisco Garrigos after a controversial decision in their under-60 kg quarterfinal bout at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Judo
Jul 30, 2024

What’s in a handshake? In Olympic judo, quite a lot

In a sport that emphasizes respect, Japanese judo star Ryuji Nagayama made headlines after refusing to shake his opponent's hand after a controversial bout.
Fans at the Olympic shooting venue cool off during a heat wave in Deols, France, on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2024

In Olympic Village, heat tests limits of organizers' green ambitions

France is now in the middle of a heat wave that pushed the mercury in Paris into the mid-30s degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
Teammates swarm Daiki Hashimoto after his gold medal-clinching performance on the horizontal bar on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jul 31, 2024

How Japan's gymnasts picked each other up and toppled China

With hope of a gold medal fading, the Japanese men's gymnastics team rallied around each other and simply refused to give up.
Medalists in the mixed doubles Olympic table tennis competition take a selfie on the podium on Tuesday in Paris.
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2024

North-South Korea Olympic podium selfie goes viral

After South Korea won bronze and North Korea silver in the mixed doubles table tennis, South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon took a group photo after the medal ceremony.
Japan's Shinnosuke Oka celebrates after winning the artistic gymnastics men's all-around final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Aug 1, 2024

Shinnosuke Oka holds off Chinese duo to claim all-around gold in Paris

Defending champion Daiki Hashimoto, who hasn't looked like himself in Paris, finished sixth.
Katie Ledecky with her first gold medal of the Paris Games and eight overall.
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2024

Ledecky admits it is 'not getting easier' after another Olympic masterclass

The 27-year-old was untouchable, surging home in an Olympic record and more than 10 seconds ahead of France's Anastasiia Kirpichnikova in second.
Gold medalist Pan Zhanle of China celebrates on the podium after winning the men's 100-meter freestyle event at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 1, 2024

Chinese swim fans hit back at doping claims as Pan takes gold

Pan burnished his reputation in his home country with a world-record time of 46.40 seconds, beating the previous fastest time of 46.80 he had set in February.
Hideki Matsuyama in action during the first round of the Olympic men's golf tournament in Guyancourt, France, on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Golf
Aug 2, 2024

Matsuyama leads Schauffele as golfers hail Olympic experience

Former Masters champion Matsuyama is looking to making the podium after missing out on a bronze medal in a playoff three years ago at the Tokyo Games.
Leon Marchand swims during the 200-meter individual medley final at La Defense Arena in Paris on Friday.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 3, 2024

Leon Marchand breaks Michael Phelps’ Olympic record to win fourth gold in Paris

Marchard set his fourth Olympic record of the Games during the race.
Hina Hayata reacts after a point during the women's table tennis bronze medal match against South Korea's Shin Yubin at South Paris Arena on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Table tennis
Aug 3, 2024

Hina Hayata fights through pain to capture first Olympic medal

Hina Hayata beat South Korea's Shin Yubin 4-2.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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