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The Beijing Winter Olympics will mainly rely on temporary and chartered flights from cities such as Tokyo and Singapore to bring in athletes for the Games due to China's tight travel curbs and amid concerns over COVID-19, an official said on Frid..
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles earned Time magazine's "Athlete of the Year" honour, the publication said on Thursday. The 24-year-old gymnast traveled to the Tokyo Games this year with the intent of rewriting the recor..
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) praised the State of Qatar's support in evacuating a second group of refugees related to football and women's basketball from Afghanistan. "Last Thursday, 14 October, FIFA an..
David Brown and guide Jerome Avery were set to take Tokyo by storm. But Avery must now watch from the sidelines. David Brown was running through Manhattan’s Central Park when he heard a familiar voice. “Is that you, baby?” ask..
REUTERS Afghan karate champion Meena Asadi pounds the heavy bag as part of her training routine, but she fears female athletes still in her homeland may have already lost their fight to compete now that the Taliban are back in power. Meena left..
REUTERS A member of Japan's gold medal-winning softball team will have her medal replaced with a fresh one after the mayor of her hometown chomped down on the original, Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday, following an outcry on social medi..
REUTERS A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she was taken to the airport by her team against her will was "safe and secure" in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. Kr..
Fethi Nourine faces further disciplinary action for pulling out of judo event due to possible bout with Tohar Butbul The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced that Algerian athlete Fethi Nourine and his coach, Amar Benikhlef, would face di..
'My position is consistent on the Palestinian issue, and I reject normalisation,' says Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has withdrawn from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in order to avoid facing an Israeli com..
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