
Russian athletes banned from Winter Paralympics
Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from competing in the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee announced Thursday, citing the war in Ukraine.

Classy Cruz wins Cuba's fourth boxing gold
Classy Andy Cruz won Cuba's fourth Olympic boxing gold in Tokyo with a tough victory over the American Keyshawn Davis on Sunday.
King Kipchoge retains men's Olympic marathon title
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge underlined his credentials as the undisputed king of the marathon with a totally dominant run to retain his Olympic title on the streets of Sapporo on Sunday.

Malcom hits extra-time winner as Brazil retain
Brazil won Olympic men's football gold for the second consecutive tournament as substitute Malcom struck the winner in a 2-1 victory over Spain after extra time on Saturday.

Sparkling Ingebrigtsen makes Olympic 1500m
Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the men's Olympic 1500 metres title on Saturday, setting a new Games record of 3min 28.32sec.
Britain's Yafai wins flyweight Olympic boxing gold
Britain's Galal Yafai defeated Carlo Paalam to win the flyweight Olympic title on Saturday, denying the Philippines a first boxing gold medal in the country's history.
USA win men's basketball gold
NBA All-Star Kevin Durant poured in a game-high 29 points to lead the United States past France 87-82 to win their fourth straight Olympic men's basketball gold medal Saturday.

Italy win first ever Olympic men's 4x100 metres
Italy produced a stunning performance to win the men's 4x100 metres relay Olympic title on Friday for the first time in their history with a national record of 37.50sec.

Mexico sweep past Japan for Olympic men's football
Sebastian Cordova scored a penalty and created two goals as Mexico defeated hosts Japan 3-1 in Saitama on Friday to earn bronze in the men's Olympic football tournament.

Italian 'Rocky'fan Palmisano lands 20km walk
Antonella Palmisano shrugged off the searing heat of Sapporo's to win the Olympic women's 20-kilometre walk on Friday to follow up her fellow Italian Massimo Stano's success in the men's race.
Cuba's Julio la Cruz wins Olympic heavyweight gold
Cuba's Julio la Cruz, who was shot during a robbery just a few years ago, won his second Olympic gold on Friday with victory in the heavyweight boxing final.
Poland's Tomala wins men's 50km walk Olympic title
Poland's Dawid Tomala won the men's Olympic 50 kilometres race walk on Friday, defying the punishing morning heat in Sapporo to storm to victory in just his third race over the distance.
France to face United States
Nando De Colo poured in 25 points and Evan Fournier added 23 as France edged Olympic debutants Slovenia 90-89 Thursday to make the men's basketball final against defending champions the United States.
Canada's Warner wins Olympic decathlon gold
Canada's Damian Warner produced two days of consistent excellence to win the men's Olympic decathlon gold on Thursday.
Italy's Stano wins 20km walk Olympic gold
Massimo Stano of Italy conquered the heat in Sapporo to win the Olympic men's 20-kilometre race walk on Thursday as host nation Japan took silver and bronze.
Italy break world record to seal team pursuit Gold
Italy did just enough to hold off Denmark to secure Gold and a new world record in the men's team pursuit
Duplantis wins Olympic men's pole vault gold
Sweden picked up their second gold medal of Tokyo 2020 as Armand Duplantis triumphed in the men's pole vault

Warholm wins men's Olympic 400m hurdles gold
Norway's Karsten Warholm produced a devastating performance to smash his own world record and win the Olympic men's 400 metres hurdles gold on Tuesday.

Last-gasp Mihambo wins Olympic long jump gold
Germany's Malaika Mihambo soared to gold in the women's long jump at the Olympics on Tuesday, snatching victory from former champion Brittney Reese with her last leap of the competition.

Cuba's Lopez wins fourth Olympic wrestling gold
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez won his fourth Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight category on Monday.

Poland offers visa to Belarus athlete at Olympics
Poland on Monday granted a humanitarian visa to Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya.

el Bakkali storms to 3000m steeplechase gold
Moroccan Soufiane el Bakkali has stormed to Gold in the 3000m steeplechase at Tokyo 2020
Germany break world record in women's team pursuit
The German side smashed the women's world record in the team pursuit on route to qualifying for the final on Tuesday
Tokyo 2020 - Day 10 at the Games
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Tokyo 2020 - Day 9 at the Games
Some of the biggest winners and surprises from day nine of the 2020 Olympics.
Faris Ibrahim hands Qatar a historic gold
Weightlifter Faris Ibrahim has won a first ever gold medal for Qatar in the 96kg weightlifting competition for men at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Thompson-Herah crowned sprint queen
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah equalled the second-fastest time in history to retain her women's Olympic 100m title on Saturday.
Djokovic loses to Busta in Olympics bronze-medal
Novak Djokovic lost his second singles match in as many days as Pablo Carreno Busta beat the world number one to win the Olympic bronze medal on Saturday.
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Russian athletes banned from Winter Paralympics
Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from competing in the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee announced Thursday, citing the war in Ukraine.

Russian, Belarusian athletes allowed to compete
Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the international committee said Wednesday.
China Covid cases highest in nearly two years
China, where the virus first emerged in late 2019, has stuck to a strict policy of targeting zero Covid cases.
China covid protocols for Beijing Olympics
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China warns Olympics boycott nations
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