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Tokyo Plunges As Equity Markets Track Wall St On Recession Fears

US chip titan Intel became the latest bearer of bad news, warning it would slash more than 15 percent of its workforce -- about 18,000 jobs -- as it streamlines operations.

Latin Times

Simone Biles has really destigmatized mental health leave for millions of women

In Tokyo, Biles showed she was brave enough to put herself first. In Paris, she proved she was able to come back stronger.

Fortune

Asian shares tumble, led by 4.5% drop in Tokyo following a tech-driven retreat on Wall St

Shares have fallen in Asia, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index slumping nearly 4.7% before regaining some ground

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PV Sindhu hits a Chinese wall at Paris Olympics, medal hat-trick dream over

PARIS: It was a story of smash hits and mishits at the Porte de la Chapell here on Thursday evening. China's He Bing Jiao, 27, got it right and destroyed her opponent. India's PV Sindhu, 29, could not and succumbed. Sindhu had beaten the doughty Chinese at the Tokyo Olympics…

The Times of India

McKeown v Fox v Titmus: the three-way race to become Australia’s greatest Olympian

In more than a century of Games history, just eight Australians have won three individual golds – but a trio of women are poised to break ahead at Paris 2024

The Guardian - AU

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

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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.

AAP

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

The Independent UK

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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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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 Times of India

Was confident about shooters' good performance in Paris: IOA chief PT Usha

NEW DELHI: PT Usha, the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), expressed her optimism regarding the performance of the Indian shooting team in the Paris Olympics, despite their lackluster showing in the previous two editions held in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

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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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

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

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.

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