267 articles tagged "tokyo-olympics"
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics concluded with an upbeat ceremony in Japan's capital last night with Fijiana 7s team captain Rusila Nagasau being Fiji’s flag bearer for the closing ceremony. Fiji finished the Olympic Gam
The U.S. women's basketball team has won its seventh consecutive gold medal with a 90-75 victory over Japan at Tokyo 2020. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have become the first basketball players – female or male –
Eliud Kipchoge says he has "fulfilled" his legacy after the Kenyan became the first athlete since 1980 to retain an Olympic marathon title at Tokyo 2020. Kipchoge, only the third person to win successive Olympic ma
SODELPA is pleased that the government has announced a million-dollar reward package for the accomplishments of our Fiji Men’s 7s team and the Fijiana 7s team at the Tokyo Olympics. SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka
A German coach has been thrown out of the Olympics for appearing to punch a horse who was refusing to jump or trot during the modern pentathlon. Coach Kim Raisner was heard on German TV urging tearful athlete Annik
Israel's Linoy Ashram has caused a huge upset in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final, becoming the first non-Russian champion since 1996. The 22-year-old toppled the long-standing reign by b
Allyson Felix has overtaken Carl Lewis as the most decorated American track and field athlete after helping Team USA to Olympic gold in the 4x400m relay. BBC News reports the 35-year-old had already become the most
Japan has won gold in baseball at Tokyo 2020 after beating the United States. The hosts won 2-0 in a largely empty Yokohama Baseball Stadium. The victory means Team Japan complete an historic double with the w
The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan won the 10,000m to seal her second gold and third medal of the Tokyo Olympics. The 28-year-old, who had been seeking an unprecedented golden treble, had missed out on that feat when sh
India has claimed their first-ever Olympic gold in athletics as Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin at Tokyo 2020. The 2018 Commonwealth Games champion who is only 23-years-old registered a best throw of 87.58m to
Brazil has defended its Olympic men's football title following a dramatic extra-time victory over Spain this morning. Substitute Malcom slotted home the winner after 108 minutes to hand Brazil the gold medal.
Team USA has secured their fourth straight Olympic gold medal as they beat France 87-82 in Tokyo. It was the second time the two teams had met in the competition, with France ending the USA's 25-game winning run in
The Brazil soccer team will be relying on Everton forward Richarlison if they are to retain their Olympic gold medal when they take on Spain in the final tonight. Richarlison is currently the top goal scorer of the
The USA Men's Basketball team will be looking to add their sixteenth Olympic gold medal when they take on the French team in the final later this afternoon. A historically dominant force in international basketball
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says they will plan for a proper celebration for our Fiji 7s teams when at least 80 percent of Fijian adults are fully vaccinated. He made the comment while announcing a million-do
Canadian Damian Warner has won Olympic gold in the decathlon. He won with an Olympic record-setting 9,018 points. Kevin Mayer of France, who holds the current world decathlon record, took the silver with 8,726
American beach volleyball pair April Ross and Alix Klineman - nicknamed The A-Team have claimed the gold medal beating Australia's Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy 21-15 21-16 in just 43 minutes. The te
Faith Kipyegon of Kenya has defended her Olympic title in the women’s 1,500 metres. 27-year-old Kipyegon ran the race in an Olympic record time of 3:53.11. She becomes only the third athlete to retain an Oly
Canada beat Sweden on penalties to win women's football gold at Tokyo 2020. It marks the first Olympic gold in the competition for Canada who won successive bronze medals in London and Rio. The game went to ex
Cuba continues to dominate men's boxing at Tokyo 2020. They have now won three out of five gold medals so far. The latest gold medal came from Julio Cesar la Cruz who now has two Olympic gold medals. The
