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Tokyo: Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain overcame a tough challenge from Germany’s Nadine Apetz to register a win in the women’s 69kg (welterweight) category in the round of 16 bouts here on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.Borgohain a two-time...

Tokyo: The Chinese pair of Yang Qian/Yang Haoran defeated the United States' Mary Carolynn Tucker/Lucas Kozeniesky 17-13 in the 10m air rifle mixed team event final at the Asaka Shooting Range here on Tuesday.This is the second gold for...

Tokyo: Lydia Jacoby of the United States won the women's 100m breaststroke in her Olympic debut here on Tuesday.The 17-year-old beat South African Tatjana Schoenmaker to second in the final sprint, clocking one minute and 04.95 seconds for the...

Tokyo: The 13-year-old Japanese skateboarder Momiji Nishiya won the women's street final here on Monday, becoming the world's first female Olympic skateboarding champion.Scoring 15.26 points in the final, the 2021 world silver medalist became the youngest Japanese Olympic champion.Japanese...

Tokyo: Margaret MacNeil of Canada touched home first in 55.59 seconds to win the women's 100m butterfly gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday.Fresh from winning silver in women's 4x100m freestyle on Sunday, the 2019 world champion...

Tokyo: Rio Olympic champion Adam Peaty defended his title in men's 100m breaststroke here on Monday, winning the gold medal in 57.37 seconds.The three-time world champion had a convincing lead over silver medalist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands, who...

Tokyo: Australia's world champion Ariarne Titmus edged world record holder Kathleen Ledecky of the United States to claim gold in the women's 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday.The Aussie beat Ledecky to second in the...

Tokyo: The United States triumphed in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay, claiming gold in three minutes and 08.97 seconds at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Monday.The team, comprising Rio champions Caeleb Dressel and Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker and...

Tokyo: World No 1 Australia displayed ruthless performance to beat India men’s hockey team 7-1 in their second Pool A match of the Tokyo Olympics here at the Oi Hockey Stadium on Sunday.After a shaky start against Japan on...

Tokyo: Day two of Tokyo 2020's judo competition on Sunday saw a pair of siblings mount the top step of the podium for the first time in Olympic history, with Japan's Hifumi Abe and his sister Uta Abe triumping...