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TOKYO: Simone Biles’ bid to launch a history-making goldrush at the Tokyo Olympics fell apart after a single vault on Tuesday when the gymnast superstar pulled out of the team event, and her American team mates were beaten to the title by the Russians. The late-night drama was a fitting end to a day which had begun under the threat …

TOKYO: Pakistan’s Mahoor Shahzad exited the women’s singles badminton tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday while her countryman Haseeb Tariq finished 62nd out of 70 competitors in the heats for the men’s 100m freestyle swimming competition. Having lost her Group ‘L’ opener to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi on Saturday, Mahoor needed a win to stay in contention but came up …

The German women’s gymnastics team opted to wear full-body suits in qualifications at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday in a move they said was designed to promote freedom of choice and encourage women to wear what makes them feel comfortable. The team, composed of Sarah Voss, Pauline Schaefer-Betz, Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui, competed in red and white unitards, which …

BRIDGETOWN: Australia handed the West Indies a six-wicket defeat on Monday to clinch a 2-1 One-day International series victory and leave home captain Kieron Pollard criticising the quality of the Kensington Oval pitch in Bridgetown. The Australians cruised past their modest target of 153 with just over 19 overs remaining as Matthew Wade top scored for the tourists with an …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has alleged that the Inter-provincial Ministry (IPC), headed by Fehmida Mirza, and the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) are mainly responsible for the decline of sports in the country while the POA is not responsible for sports development in the country. In a strong statement issued here on Tuesday, the POA also pointed out that …

BRIDGETOWN: West Indies and Pakistan, the two supremely-talented Twenty20 teams, collide in a four-match series starting on Wednesday at Kensington Oval in Barbados before the contest shifts to Providence Stadium in Guyana for the remaining three matches. This was originally scheduled as a five-match series but last week’s Covid 19 scare during the ODI series between the West Indies and …

TOKYO: Nora Gjakova brought some semblance of joy to Kosovo by winning their second Tokyo Olympics judo gold medal on Monday. With her country in mourning following the death of 10 people in a road accident on Sunday, the 28-year-old Gjakova took the title with an ippon victory over France’s Sarah-Leonie Cysique in the women’s 57kg division. She joined Distria …

TOKYO: Japan struck more gold on Monday to lead the medals table as sentiment towards the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olym­pics appeared to shift, and local fans defied organisers to grab a glimpse of the Games. The hosts now have eight golds, one more than the US and two ahead of third-placed China. Pint-sized 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya took gold in street skateboarding …

TOKYO: First, the sun. Now, the wind and the rain. The Tokyo Olympics, delayed by the pandemic and opened under oppressive heat, are due for another hit of nature’s power: a typhoon arriving Tuesday morning that is forecast to disrupt at least some parts of the Games. Don’t worry, Japanese hosts say: In US terms, the incoming weather is just …

TOKYO: The favourites in the Olympic Rugby Sevens competition moved safely through to the quarter-finals after the opening pool matches in hot and humid conditions on Monday, but the fate of Australia and hosts Japan hangs in the balance. New Zealand brushed aside the strong challenge of Argentina in their second game in Pool ‘A’, winning 35-14 to book their …