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Olympics-Softball-Mexico to take on U.S. in clash of familiar foes - and fiancees
By Paresh Dave FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - After failing to score in their Olympics debut, Mexico's softball players came good on their promise that a different team would show up on the second day o...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Archery-S.Korean women sweep qualifying, eye longest gold streak
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korean women archers took the top three places in qualification on Friday, with one breaking an Olympic record that stood for 25 years along the way, as the team...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Skateboarding-Jacobs thanks fans from quarantine after COVID robs her of Games
By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Sitting by the window of a small hotel room in Tokyo, Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs thanked her fans for their support and said she was taking things day-by-day after...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Equestrian-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Five riders to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: ISABELL WERTH (GERMANY) Werth, who turned 52 just before the Tokyo Games, became equestrian's most decorated athlete at the 2016 Olympic...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Weightlifting - China poised to bag first Tokyo gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Hou Zhihui, current world record holder in the lightest women's category, may smash her own record on Saturday when the Tokyo 2020 weightlifting begins, and take the first go...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Australian states squabble as NSW seeks vaccine priority amid COVID 'emergency'
By Swati Pandey and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's largest state of New South Wales on Friday urged the federal government to divert vaccine doses to Sydney, the epicentre of a flaring C...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Olympics - Weightlifting- Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Five weightlifters to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: LAUREL HUBBARD (NEW ZEALAND) Hubbard https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/nz-weightlifter-hubbard-become-first-transgen...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Ant-backed Zomato soars in India market debut, valued at $12 billion
BENGALURU (Reuters) -In the first stock market listing of an Indian startup valued at more than $1 billion, shares of food delivery firm Zomato Ltd opened at a 52.6% premium to their offer price on Fr...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
Haiti president's hometown prepares for funeral as tension simmers
By Dave Graham and Andre Paultre CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) - Protests by angry supporters of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise convulsed the slain leader's hometown for a second successive day a...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
FOCUS ON-Equestrian sports at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on equestrian sports at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * There are three equestrian disciplines: dressage, jumping and eventing. * In dressage, the horse and rider perf...
Thomson Reuters Jul 22, 2021
