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‘Olympic bubble’ with no holes or hugs
BEIJING: February’s Beijing Winter Olympics look set to be the strictest mass sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic. AFP Sport…
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Japan picks Olympic ‘gold’ as kanji character of the year
The linguistic symbol for “gold” was voted Japan’s character of the year yesterday in honor of the Tokyo Olympics, which…
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Kuwait Shooting Federation honors Olympic medalist
KUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Federation honored Olympic bronze medalist Abdullah Al-Rashidi and the delegation that took part in Tokyo 2020 Olympics.…
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Spain’s golden oldie Sanchez Jaime lands karate’s historic first Olympic gold
TOKYO: Spain’s Sandra Sanchez Jaime won the first ever Olympic Games karate gold medal in Tokyo on Thursday, becoming her…
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USA crush Australia to set up Serbia Olympic women’s basketball semi
SAITAMA: Breanna Stewart scored a game-high 23 points as the United States crushed Australia yesterday to set up an Olympic…
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Cuba win boxing gold again as Briton refuses to wear silver
TOKYO: Cuba’s Arlen Lopez won his second Olympic gold medal yesterday as he taught Ben Whittaker a boxing lesson in…
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Japan’s Yosozumi wins battle of the teens for Olympic skateboarding gold
TOKYO: Japan’s Sakura Yosozumi won the women’s park competition to maintain the hosts’ stranglehold on Olympic skateboarding yesterday and stop…
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Syrian Olympic table tennis player, 12, to get China training
TOKYO: Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza, the youngest athlete at the Tokyo Olympics at just 12, has been invited…
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Amiri Diwan advisor receives Olympic medalist Rashidi
KUWAIT: Amiri Diwan Advisor Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah received yesterday Kuwaiti shooter Abdullah Al-Rashidi, on the occasion of the…
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Weightlifter Bakh wins Qatar’s first Olympic gold
TOKYO: Weightlifter Fares El-Bakh shattered two Games records in Tokyo as he became Qatar’s first Olympic champion in history yesterday.…
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Taiwan’s Tai ends ‘sad’ Sindhu’s Olympic badminton gold hopes
TOKYO: Women’s badminton world number one Tai Tzu-ying ousted P V Sindhu in the Olympic semi-finals yesterday, ending her bid…
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Olympic organizers defend virus measures as Japan cases surge
TOKYO: Japan hit a record number of new virus cases yesterday as Tokyo Olympics organizers defended their COVID-19 counter-measures and…
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