Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Diving-China's Shi wins gold in the women's 3 metre springboard
By Yuki Nitta TOKYO (Reuters) - Shi Tingmao of China won gold in the women's 3 metre springboard diving at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Her compatriot Wang Han claimed silver, with Krysta Palmer of t...
Aug 01, 2021
TOKYO OLYMPICS: What you need to know right now
TOKYO (Reuters) - Punishing heat greeted athletes https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/organisers-probe-drinking-incident-tokyo-sizzles-2021-08-01 on Sunday as trackside temperatures soared in the...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-Organisers seek to extend Games' schedule to 11 days for Paris onwards
By Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) wants to extend the Olympics schedule for the sport to 11 days from nine to ensure adequate rest for players and to manage...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Badminton-Dane Axelsen ends Cordon's run, to meet China's Chen for gold
By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Kevin Cordon's fairytale run in the Tokyo Olympics men's singles came to an end on Sunday when the Guatemalan was knocked out 21-18 21-11 by world number two Viktor Ax...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-'Hulk' Saunders smashes her limits to Tokyo silver
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Sporting green and purple hair and a grinning Joker mask, Raven Saunders became a social media sensation after Friday's Olympic shot put qualifying round and on Su...
Aug 01, 2021
Cambodia to mix vaccines as booster shots to fight COVID
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia will begin offering a booster shot against Covid-19, switching between the AstraZeneca and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus...
Aug 01, 2021
China securities watchdog seeks closer cooperation with U.S.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's securities regulator said on Sunday it will seek closer cooperation with its U.S. counterpart and will support overseas listings, after U.S. regulators tightened disclosure...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Shooting-Steady start for Reitz's 25m rapid fire title defence
TOKYO (Reuters) - German Christian Reitz made a steady start to his Olympic title defence in the men's 25-metre rapid fire pistol event on Sunday, finishing third after the first qualifying stage at t...
Aug 01, 2021
Syria's Assad asks PM Hussein Arnous to form new cabinet
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad has again tasked Prime Minister Hussein Arnous with forming a new government after he became a caretaker premier following polls last year that exten...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Finke leaves it late again but completes Tokyo distance double
(Fixes spelling in headline, no change to text) By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Robert Finke relied on another late, lung-bursting surge to complete the distance double at the Tokyo Games on Sund...
Aug 01, 2021
