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Tokyo: Florian Wellbrock of Germany won the gold medal of men's marathon swimming with a time of one hour 48 minutes and 33.7 seconds at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Thursday.Wellbrock led for most of the 10km race...

Tokyo: Hungary's Sandor Totka won the men's kayak single 200m gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Thursday.The 27-year-old paddler clocked 35.035 seconds for the gold, edging Italy's Manfredi Rizza by 0.045 seconds.Hot favourite Liam Heath of Britain,...

Tokyo: Jamaican Hurdler Hansle Parchment took a surprising victory in the men's 110m hurdles final here at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.Race favorite Grant Holloway of USA came out quickly but Parchment overtook him through the final hurdle and...

Tokyo: World record holder Ryan Crouser of the United States claimed the men's shot put title at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.Crouser took the lead all the way, and threw 23.30 meters in his sixth attempt, refreshing the Olympic...

Tokyo: Team Italy refreshed the world record of cycling track men's team pursuit to win the gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Wednesday.The Italian cyclists covered the 4,000m distance in three minutes and 42.032 seconds, shattering the...

Moscow: A Taliban (a terrorist group, banned in Russia) shadow governor and 40 other militants have been killed in an airstrike by government forces in the central Afghan province of Bamyan, the 1TV broadcaster reported on Wednesday.The Taliban, which...

New Delhi: India's Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday went down in the semi-final of the women's welterweight (64-69kg) category to Turkey's Busenaz Surmeneli to settle for a bronze medal. This is India's third medal of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, Hindustan...

Washington: The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq is no longer needed to protect Americans from terrorism and to maintain a strong relationship with Iraq, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in a...

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh is likely to get its second medical college after the Centre assured to set up one in the Namsai district, officials said on Tuesday.Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya gave the assurance when a team led by...

Kohima: The legislators and parliamentarians of Nagaland decided to work towards bringing the Naga political negotiators together and pressure the Centre for an early solution of the vexed issue.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee...