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Tokyo Tanks As Asian Markets Track Wall St Down On Recession Fears

Tokyo led losses across Asia on Friday due to a stronger yen and expectations for more Japanese rate hikes, while disappointing data sparked a plunge on Wall Street and fuelled fresh fears of a US recession.

International Business Times

Slow Down To Save The Planet, Says Japan's Rock Star Philosopher Saito

As Tokyo's millions put in another day's work on the coalface of capitalism, celebrity Marxist philosopher Kohei Saito and his friends are clearing rocks from a muddy mountain stream.

International Business Times

BMX ace Sakakibara in shape to banish Tokyo memories

Saya Sakakibara looks the rider to beat for gold in the BMX racing at the Olympics after an unbeaten quarter-final display at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

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Bethany Shriever lays out Olympic double intent - but Team GB have one big BMX concern

Gold in Tokyo could well be repeated in Paris for the 25-year-old British star

The Independent UK

Simone Biles: Greatest Gymnast Who Transcends Sport

Simone Biles, with two Paris Olympics gold medals and counting, has cemented her legacy as the greatest gymnast of all time -- an athlete who transcends her sport in both triumph and defeat.

International Business Times

‘Fast, expensive … fancy’: How Sha’Carri Richardson revived her Olympic dream

The American sprinter was at rock bottom when a positive marijuana test ended her hopes before the Tokyo Olympics. She has reinvented herself since

The Guardian - US

The Simone Biles risk that inspired historic sixth Olympic gold at Paris 2024

The American won her sixth Olympic gold medal to cement her status as a legend of the Games, three years on from the demons of Tokyo

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The Snoop Olympics: Paris proving a boon to NBC after interest waned in Tokyo and Beijing Games

Less than a week in, the Paris Olympics are turning out to be a good story for NBC

The Independent UK

Simone Biles Bounces Back To Take Lead In Balance Beam

Simone Biles' remarkable resilience and skill in Tokyo Olympics gymnastics final, poised for potential sixth gold medal.

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Dina Asher-Smith’s Texas training base has given her Olympic ambitions lift-off

Asher-Smith is set to compete in the 100m and 200m sprints and the 4x100m relay in Paris.

The Independent UK

‘It was awesome’: after Rio and Tokyo false starts, golf hits an Olympic high

On the outskirts of Versailles, in front of huge galleries, Olympic golf found a home on day one of the men’s competition

The Guardian - UK

Why Sha’Carri Richardson didn’t compete in the Tokyo Olympics, explained: A look back at her suspension

Sha'Carri Richardson isn't just back. She's better.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Why didn’t Christian Coleman compete at the Tokyo Olympics? A look back at his suspension

A failed drug test means 2024 may be Coleman's only shot at Olympic glory.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Sky Brown medal bid dealt blow after reported dislocated shoulder in training

The 16-year-old Tokyo bronze medallist is a strong Great Britain medal hope in the park skateboarding

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Evening Standard

Paris Olympics: Team GB athletics squad has potential to match triumphs of 2012

Tokyo disappointment served as stepping stone to hefty medal hopes

Evening Standard

Simone Biles: how she became the greatest gymnast of all time

From her early life in foster homes, to set-backs with the Tokyo Twisties, to finding love with an NFL player and making a major comeback at Paris 2024, Alexandra Neagen charts Biles’ incredible rise

Evening Standard

Olympics 2024: Andy Murray desperate to make amends in Paris after the agony of Tokyo

The tennis great was knocked out in frustrating fashion three years ago

The Independent UK

Stock market today: Asian benchmarks are mixed as Tokyo sips on strong yen

Japan’s index has plunged, as the U.S. dollar sank against the yen, and regional investors digested the rally on Wall Street that came on hopes U.S. cuts to interest rates will be arriving soon

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International Business Times

Most Stocks Rise On Fed Rate Cut Hope But Strong Yen Batters Tokyo

Most equity markets rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve flagged a possible interest rate cut next month, but Tokyo's Nikkei tumbled on a stronger yen following a hike by the Bank of Japan.

International Business Times

Biles Seeks More Olympic Gymnastics Glory As Athletics Kicks Off In Paris

Simone Biles seeks to make more history in her glittering Olympic gymnastics career by recapturing the all-around title on Thursday, as the athletics programme kicks off at the Paris Games.

Cycling News

Paris Olympics: Women's Keirin preview

Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand and Lauriane Genest of Canada the top riders from Tokyo Games vying for gold in Paris across rounds on August 7-8

TV Tech

Audiences for Paris Olympics on Telemundo up 44% from Tokyo

Through the opening weekend, a record 1.1B minutes were consumed on Telemundo, Universo, Peacock and Telemundo Digital Platforms

The Guardian - US

World champion Hannah Roberts’ Olympic BMX dream ends with crushing familiarity

The American has dominated her sport for years. But three years after settling for silver in Tokyo, her Olympic disappointment reached new depths in Paris

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‘Expression, sexuality and individualism’: Diesel exhibition is a trip into the homoerotic world of Tom of Finland

In Tokyo’s Shibuya district, fashion label Diesel hosts an exhibition celebrating queer artist Tom of Finland, including a VR trip to ‘Tom House’ in Los Angeles and a capsule collection adorned with erotic illustrations

The Independent UK

50 laps and then a marathon: Sifan Hassan chases the ‘impossible’ dream at Paris Olympics

The Dutch runner claimed two golds and a bronze medal in Tokyo and will attempt three events once again, with the marathon replacing the 1,500m

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