497 articles tagged "olympics"
India has beaten Germany 5-4 to win an Olympic medal in men's hockey after 41 years. They go home with a bronze medal. India lost only two matches in Tokyo and the teams they lost to - Australia and Belgium pl
Belgium has won their first Olympic hockey title with a dramatic shootout win over Australia in the men's final. The match had finished 1-1, with Florent van Aubel giving Belgium the lead early in the third quarter
A karate gold medal, an Olympic first, a national record and a wedding anniversary - all in a day's work for Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jaime. She took karate's first-ever gold when she won the women's kata and at 39 b
Eighteen-year-old Spaniard Alberto Gines Lopez has claimed the first men's combined sport climbing gold in Olympic history after a thrilling lead final. Gines Lopez won the speed final as he raced up This is S
Steven Gardiner has won Olympic 400m gold to secure the Bahamas' first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Gardiner who is the current 400m world champion crossed the line in 43.85 seconds. Colombia's Anthony Zambr
Team USA will play France in the final of the men's basketball as they chase their fourth consecutive gold medal. The Americans recovered from a shaky start to beat Australia 97-78 in their semi-final. Austral
The father of the Olympic gold medalist Iosefo Masi, says all the sacrifices that his son has made has paid off after he was chosen to represent the Fiji 7’s team and winning gold. Atonio Kawakawa says Masi who i
Italy broke their own world record to be crowned men's team pursuit Olympic champions for the first time in 61 years at Tokyo 2020. The quartet of Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon and Jonathan Milan
Uganda's Peruth Chemutai has won the 3,000m steeplechase gold as Kenyan world champion and world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech finished seventh. Chepkoech had complained after Sunday's heats that she was suffer
Emmanuel Korir led home countryman Ferguson Rotich to complete a Kenyan one-two in the 800m final. Korir, who finished sixth in the 400m final at Doha 2019, showed his finishing speed as he made a decisive break f
Canada's Andre de Grasse has won his first gold and fifth Olympic medal overall as he beat the world champion, Noah Lyles, in the final 50 metres of the 200m final. The 26-year-old, who took bronze in the 100m fin
The USA's Sydney McLaughlin has smashed her own world record with a sensational run as she took Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games. McLaughlin who is only 21 powered down the home straight
Olympic gold medalist, Jiuta Wainiqolo says he thought he was never going to make the Fiji 7’s team for the Olympics as the training was hard. Wainiqolo says he overcame the challenges after switching from 15’s
Australia's Olympic committee says Australian athletes damaged beds in their Olympic village hotel rooms and put a hole in a wall before leaving. Some athletes also showed "unacceptable behaviour" on their flight
100 metres bronze medalist Adre De Grasse is aiming to collect his second Tokyo Olympic medal in the 200 metres final after clocking the fastest time from the semi-final. The Canadian sprinter clocked 19.73 second
Norway's Karsten Warholm ran a stunning men's 400m hurdles race to demolish his previous world record and take gold at Tokyo 2020. Warholm who is 25-years-old finished in 45.94 seconds to slash more than seven-tent
Elaine Thompson-Herah has confirmed her place among the greatest sprinters of the world as she has secured a women's 100m-200m double at Tokyo 2020. The 29-year-old Jamaican surged home in 21.53 seconds to back up
Brazil has reached back-to-back men's Olympic football finals following a penalty shootout victory over Mexico. The defending champions won 4-1 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes. Brazil goalkeeper Sant
All plans to celebrate the achievements of Sireli Maqala’s Olympic gold medal win are on hold as his family does not know when they will reunite with him. Maqala’s parents are employees of the Ministry of Healt
Canada has secured a 1-0 victory over world champions the United States to set up a women's Olympic football final against Sweden at Tokyo 2020. Jessie Fleming scored Canada's winner from the penalty spot after Dea
