Olympics & Paralympics
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The Olympics Are Giving Breaking a Global Stage in Paris. Not Everyone Is Celebrating
PARIS (AP) — In the basement of a sports complex in Paris, dozens of breakers, or break dancers, ...
August 3, 2024
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Police Investigating Hate Speech Targeting Olympics Opening Ceremony Artistic Director Thomas Jolly
PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors said Friday that police have opened a hate speech investigation fo...
August 3, 2024
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Casual Turkish Shooter Yusuf Dikec Goes Viral; Teammate Says He Earned it
CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) - Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec has become a social media sensation f...
August 3, 2024
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Vitriol about Female Boxer Fuels Concern of Backlash against LGBTQ+ and Women Athletes
PARIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful commen...
August 3, 2024
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Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama Shares Lead in Olympic Men’s Golf
GUYANCOURT, France (Reuters) - Xander Schauffele remained in the hunt for a second successive Oly...
August 3, 2024
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China’s Huang Leaves Paris with a Gold Medal and a Diamond Ring
PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese mixed doubles gold medallist Huang Yaqiong had just stepped off the pod...
August 3, 2024
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Japanese Pair Claim Mixed Doubles Bronze
Japan's Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe took the bronze by beating South Korea's Chae Yu-jung a...
August 3, 2024
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Japan Wins Silver in Men’s Epee Team Fencing
Japan took silver after losing to Hungary 25-26 in the final of the men’s epee team fencing event...
August 3, 2024
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Japan Men’s Soccer Loses to Spain in Quarterfinals at Paris Olympics; Spain to Play Morocco on Monday
Japan fell to Spain 0-3 in the men’s soccer quarterfinal match at the Paris Olympics on Friday. S...
August 3, 2024
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Japan Men’s Basketball Loses to Brazil in Olympics; Team Eliminated After 3 Consecutive Losses
The Japan men’s basketball team lost to Brazil 84-102 on Friday at the Paris Olympics. The team c...
August 2, 2024
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Pandas Become Tigers to Win Japan’s 1st Medal in Women’s Fencing; Japan Women’s Foil Team Makes History with Bronze Medal Win
PARIS — Japan has never taken home an Olympic medal in women’s fencing, but at the Paris Games, t...
August 2, 2024
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Japan Bags 1st Women’s Fencing Medal; Contrasting Results in Men’s, Women’s Table Tennis
PARIS — Japan bagged its first Olympic medal in women’s fencing after its foil team of Sera Azuma...
August 2, 2024
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Rui Hachimura Leaves Japan’s National Basketball Team Due to Left Calf Injury
Rui Hachimura of the Los Angeles Lakers and a member of Japan's national basketball team particip...
August 2, 2024
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Olympics-Judo-Reigning Champion Wolf Dethroned, Germany’s Wagner in Semis
Aug 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Aaron Wolf relinquished his Olympic under-100kg crown after losing in t...
August 2, 2024
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The Opals Rebound; Germany, France and US Reach Quarterfinals in Olympic Women’s Basketball
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Sami Whitcomb scored 19 points as Australia rebounded from a sur...
August 2, 2024
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