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Dame Laura Kenny defies doubts to claim Commonwealth gold in scratch race

The five-time Olympic champion has endured a traumatic period since the Tokyo Games last summer, suffering a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.

The Independent UK

Tokyo Olympic Board Member Under Investigation

Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi on Tuesday in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. Kyodo said Takahashi is thought to have received around 45 million yen…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation

Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games

The Independent UK

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Miller-Uibo of Bahamas Wins Women's World 400m Title

Two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas finally bagged world gold in the women’s 400m in Eugene on Friday, signing off on the one-lap event to re-focus on her favored 200m. Miller-Uibo, who was deprived of gold in Doha in 2019 by Salwa Eid Nasr of Bahrain -- since…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jackson celebrates 200 metres win at worlds after Tokyo heartache

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson is now a world champion after a mistake led to an early exit at the Tokyo Games

The Hindu

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

The COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics opened a year ago on July 23, 2021

The Independent UK

Tokyo Games official probed over contract

Haruyuki Takahashi, an executive board member of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, may have received a total of over 45 million yen from one of the Games sponsors, Aoki Holdings Inc., through a consultancy contract between it and his consultancy firm, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.…

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Kinsler to Manage Team Israel at 2023 World Baseball Classic

The four-time MLB All-Star played for Israel in the Tokyo Games.

Sports Illustrated

Richard Kilty rips into teammate Reece Prescod over CJ Ujah Olympic drugs ban

Richard Kilty has castigated his fellow sprinter Reece Prescod for talking ‘fucking bullshit’ after he suggested that CJ Ujah should not be ostracised for a drug ban that cost Team GB a 4x100m silver medal from the Tokyo Games

The Guardian - UK

Eya Guezguez, Tunisian Olympic sailor, dies aged 17 in training accident

The IOC has announced that Eya Guezguez, who competed at the 2020 Tokyo Games, died in a training accident

The Guardian - UK

Paris Olympics | Boxing events for male reduced, changes also in weightlifting and shooting

While the preceding Tokyo Games had eight events for men and five for women, in Paris there will be seven events for the male pugilists and six for the female

The Hindu

‘A noble choice’: Cedric Dubler’s Olympic act recognised with sportsmanship award

It was one of the most memorable moments of the Tokyo Games and Cedric Dubler’s act of sportsmanship on the athletics track has now been officially recognised with an award

The Guardian - AU

Won't play unless I'm 100% fit and had adequate training: Praneeth

He was hopeful of a good show at his maiden Olympics, but everything went downhill for him starting from the Tokyo Games, where he failed to win a match

The Hindu

Richard Kilty insists he will never forgive CJ Ujah after losing Olympic medal

Great Britain will be stripped of the 4x100m relay silver won at the Tokyo Games after Ujah tested positive for a banned substance

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The Guardian - UK

Team GB lose 4x100m Olympic silver after Ujah doping confirmed

Britain’s 4x100m relay team has been stripped of its 2020 Olympic silver medal after CJ Ujah’s failed doping test at the Tokyo Games was confirmed

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shiffrin’s Washout Olympics Reminiscent of Biles and Osaka’s Tokyo Flop

Mikaela Shiffrin was expected to cement her position at the top of her sport at the Beijing Games, but after not being able to finish any of her races so far, her story echoes that of fellow elite athletes Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka at the Tokyo Games. But while…

Sports Illustrated

Olympic Gold Medalist Jade Carey Scores First-Ever Collegiate Perfect 10 on Uneven Bars

The gymnast, who won gold on floor exercise at the Tokyo Games, recorded the first 10 of her NCAA career—this time on the uneven bars.

The Independent UK

Beijing promises to be an off-piste, off-page and off-putting pandemic Olympics

If Covid precautions were strictly enforced at last summer’s delayed Tokyo Games, Beijing will take things to a whole new level

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Covid, Uyghurs and viewer apathy: is Beijing 2022 in danger of a US ratings flop?

The Olympics is no longer event television and Tokyo 2020 drew the smallest US audience of any televised Games. Worse could be in store in the coming weeks

The New Daily

Boycotts, fake snow and medal contenders: The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are upon us

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games are hours away from kicking off, barely a year and a half after the Tokyo Games wrapped up.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Fewer Japanese companies sponsor Team Japan for Beijing Games amid Tokyo 2020 woes, issues in China

A few Japanese companies are among the Olympic sponsors supporting the Games and Japan's delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start Friday.

The Independent UK

Beijing promises to be an off-piste, off-page and off-putting pandemic Olympics

If Covid precautions were strictly enforced at last summer’s delayed Tokyo Games, Beijing will take things to a whole new level

The Hindu

‘Tokyo Games a watershed moment’

Paralympians say the awareness and participation levels have seen an increase

The Independent UK

Column: 'Games must go on' spiel grows weaker by the day

If you thought last summer's Tokyo Games were hollowed out, AP Sports Columnist Jim Litke writes: Just wait

Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated's Fittest 50 2022

What happens when you level the playing field and compare athletes of all shapes and sizes across different sports? Presenting SI's 2022 Fittest 50 rankings.

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