'We're not best friends': Ukrainian and Russian athletes keep distance
Ukraine advises its athletes to avoid Russians and instructs them how to behave in case they are provoked
Pakistan, China to establish new development corridors
PM Imran says both sides will continue expediting efforts to achieve Gwadar’s potential as a hub of regional commerce and industry
Beijing seals off its Olympic 'bubble'
Thousands of Games-related staff, volunteers, cleaners, cooks and coach drivers will be cocooned for weeks
How did Pakistan perform in the sports arena in 2021?
Thrashing India in the T20 World Cup opener was one of the major highlights in a year of firsts for sports
Gov't to ask Lt Gen Arif Hasan to resign from Olympic post
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shahbaz Gill on Friday said the government has asked for the resignation of Lt...
Chopra wins historic javelin gold for India
Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin on Saturday with a best throw of 87.58 metres to claim a historic first Olympic...
Pakistanis send wishes to Arshad Nadeem ahead of Olympics final
Could Pakistan receive its first medal at the Tokyo Olympics since 1992 when javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem faces...
Fearless Biles a winner taking beam bronze
By Steve Keating
Simone Biles made a fearless return to competition on Tuesday, capping a tumultuous Tokyo Games...
Tokyo heat roasts outdoor athletes amid heat-stroke risk
By Amy Tennery and Daniel Leussink
As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on...
From stones to plaudits for refugee team's Ali Zada
By Shiho Tanaka
As a teenager training in Kabul, Refugee Olympic Team cyclist Masomah Ali Zada would sometimes get...
From dresses and skorts to hijabs, badminton's women wear what they like
By Richa Naidu
Female athletes have fought long and hard for the right to choose what they wear when they compete ...
Tokyo logs record virus cases, Osaka exits Games
By Ossian Shine and Antoni Slodkowski
Olympic host city Tokyo reported a record number of coronavirus cases on...
Tunisian teen swimmer stuns superpowers
The Tokyo Olympics delivered a day of high drama on Sunday with a stunning surprise in the pool, one of the great...
Olympics-scandal-hit Tokyo looks to final torchbearer to mend battered image
By Tim Kelly, Sam Nussey and Sudipto Ganguly
Battered by scandal on the eve of the opening ceremony, Tokyo 2020...
Muslim Olympians celebrate Eid far from home in Tokyo
By Shadia Nasralla
Muslim athletes in Tokyo for the Olympics marked a pared-down Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of...
Opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke on Olympics Games eve
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mari Saito
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening...
US thrashed 3-0 by Sweden in women's Olympic football opener
Stina Blackstenius scored twice before substitute Lina Hurtig headed in a third for the...
Tokyo Games village safe, positive Covid cases to be expected: expert
By Karolos Grohmann
The Tokyo Olympic Games have had their share of positive coronavirus cases before they open, ...
IOC aware of Japan scepticism over Games, hopes home success will shift mood
By Karolos Grohmann
The International Olympic Committee on Saturday said it was aware of scepticism within Japan...
Team GB women's soccer team to take the knee at Tokyo Games
Britain's women's soccer team will take the knee before matches at the Tokyo Olympics to raise awareness about ...
Olympics-COVID-19 cases found at Olympic hotel as IOC hails "historic" Games
By Ju-min Park and Antoni Slodkowski
A coronavirus cluster at a Japanese hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic...
Olympics host city Tokyo enters fresh coronavirus emergency as Games near
Olympic host city Tokyo entered a fresh state of emergency on Monday, less than two weeks before the Games begin ...
Organisers to ban Olympic spectators as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency
By Antoni Slodkowski and Eimi Yamamitsu
Olympic organisers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the Asahi...
Condoms, vaccines & sport: how Olympics is sending mixed messages about Covid safety
The Tokyo Olympics are less than three weeks away. And the pressure is on for the International Olympic Committee...
Tokyo 2020 organisers lean toward banning spectators from night events
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics are leaning towards banning spectators from night-time events and large-scale...
Tokyo organisers to allow nursing mothers to bring children to Games
By Manasi Pathak
Nursing mothers will be allowed to bring their children to the Tokyo Olympics when necessary, 2020...
Tokyo likely to shift part of Olympics torch relay off public roads: Kyodo
Authorities are likely to move the first eight days of the Tokyo leg of the Olympic torch relay off public roads due...
Fever clinic and Covid kits: Tokyo 2020 shows off Olympic Village
Warning posters urging anti-virus measures including room ventilation have been...
Olympics-Tokyo cancels public viewing sites
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Saturday cancelled all public viewing sites for the summer Olympics, diverting some...
Japan health experts warn of Olympics COVID-19 threat, say no spectators the least risky
TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's top medical experts warned on Friday that holding the Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic could increase infections, and said banning all spectators was the least risky option, setting up a possible collision with organisers.
