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From Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China’s crackdowns defy critics
From the deadly crushing of Beijing’s 1989 pro-democracy protests to the suppression of Hong Kong’s opposition four decades later, China’s Communist ... World News -
US announces diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China
“We want the [US] private sector to be fully cognizant ... with what is transpiring in Xinjiang,” Price said. World News -
US high jumper to get 2012 Olympic gold from Russian doper
American high jumper Erik Kynard will finally get his gold medal from the 2012 London Olympics after the IOC on Friday approved reallocating some ... World News -
Two foreign athletes test positive for COVID-19 in run-up to Beijing Winter Olympics
Two foreign athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 during test events for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, Huang Chun, an official of the Games ... World News -
Beijing begins offering COVID-19 booster shots ahead of Winter Olympics
China’s capital Beijing has begun offering booster shots against COVID-19, four months before the city and surrounding regions are to host the Winter ... Coronavirus -
Afghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been described as a harrowing journey from Kabul to Paris, to ... World News -
‘Hamedi was robbed of a gold medal’: Karate league offers Saudi full-contact rematch
Full-contact league Karate Combat has offered Saudi fighter Tarek Hamedi a rematch against Iranian Sajad Ganjzadeh after the latter took home an ... Gulf -
US ratings for Tokyo Olympics slide to half of London games
US viewership for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, a competition clouded by the COVID-19 pandemic, dropped to about half the audience for the London ... Television & Radio -
Japan’s PM Suga thanks people for safe Olympics during COVID-19 pandemic
Japan’s prime minister thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.He noted ... Coronavirus -
Saudi Olympic champion Hamedi greeted with surprise celebration in Jeddah airport
Saudi Arabian Olympic champion and Karate player Tarek Hamedi was welcomed with a grand celebration at Jeddah airport following his silver medal win ... Gulf -
Mixed bag: Erratic pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end
It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything.For the ... World News -
Saudi Sports Minister says Olympic champion Hamedi will be awarded $1.3 mln
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Sports and President of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki al-Faisal announced that karate ... Life -
Egyptian athlete wins country’s second gold since 1948 in women’s karate final
Egypt’s Feryal Abdelaziz won the country’s second Olympic gold medal since 1948 when she bested her Azerbaijanian opponent in the women’s over-61kg ... Middle East -
Saudi karateka wins Kingdom’s second-ever silver after knocking out opponent
Saudi Arabian karateka Tarek Hamedi will bring home a silver Olympic medal after being disqualified from the men’s over-75kg final when he threw a ... Gulf -
Tokyo logs record 5,042 cases as COVID-19 infections surge amid Olympics
Tokyo reported 5,042 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, its most since the pandemic began as infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the ... Coronavirus -
Simone Biles returns to win Olympic bronze after dropping out over mental health
Simone Biles stuck the landing. The American gymnastics superstar won bronze during the balance beam final on Tuesday, a week after she took herself ... World News -
New Zealand’s Hubbard makes history as first transgender Olympian, but exits early
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard made history on Monday by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games, but she suffered ... World News -
Olympics’ organizers collect spit from 30,000 people daily as COVID-19 measure
They spit. They wait. They hope. About 30,000 people from scores of nations are spitting into tiny plastic vials at the Olympics in a daily routine ... Coronavirus -
Activists urge Olympic Committee to suspend title of IRGC athlete after win
The “United for Navid” group has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open an ethics investigation and to suspend the Tokyo Olympics ... Middle East -
Japan to widen COVID-19 emergency after record spike amid Games
Japan is set to expand the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo to neighboring areas and the western city of Osaka on Friday in the wake of ... Coronavirus -
German judoka Martyna Trajdos defends coach for slapping her at Tokyo Olympics
A German judo competitor at the Tokyo Olympics has defended her coach after he slapped her before a match, saying that it was part of a ritual they do ... Sports -
Japanese officials sound alarm as cases hit record highs in Tokyo
Japanese officials sounded the alarm on Thursday as Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third straight day with the Olympics well ... Coronavirus -
Olympics: Two Games-related COVID-19 cases hospitalized, say organizers
Two Games-related people from overseas with COVID-19 have been hospitalized but neither case is serious, Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya said on ... Coronavirus -
Olympic host Tokyo neighbors to seek COVID-19 emergency steps after cases surge
Governors of three prefectures near Olympics host Tokyo are likely to ask the government to declare states of emergency for their regions, media said ... Coronavirus -
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz wins Philippines’ first-ever gold medal at Tokyo Olympics
The Philippines finally won its first Olympic gold medal ever at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo with weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz taking home first place ... Sports -
Naomi Osaka eliminated from Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament
The host country’s superstar is out of the Tokyo Olympics.Naomi Osaka lost to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic ... Sports -
IRGC member winning medal in Tokyo Olympics a ‘catastrophe’: Iranian activists
A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) won the country’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, drawing mixed ... Sports -
Korean broadcaster apologizes for showing image of pizza next to Italian Olympic team
A South Korean broadcaster has apologized for offensive Olympic coverage that aired an image of a pizza next to the Italian team and made prejudicial ... World News -
Iranian defector Kimia Alizadeh misses out on first Refugee team Olympic medal
Iranian Kimia Alizadeh came up just short in her bid to win a first medal for the Refugee Olympic Team on Sunday after defying the odds to beat two ... Sports -
Tahani al-Qahtani gets Saudi online support ahead Tokyo match against Israeli athlete
Saudi Arabia’s Tahani al-Qahtani, one of 33 athletes representing the Kingdom at the Tokyo Olympics this year, has received widespread support online ... Sports