The US 4x100m relay squad were left digesting another Olympic debacle on Thursday, failing to qualify for the final after a performance branded a "total embarrassment" by Carl Lewis.
The American men arrived in Tokyo as favourites after a world (...)
BOXING
MEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT
Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian team won the gold medal in men's featherweight boxing, beating American Duke Ragan in a meeting of two professional fighters chasing Olympic glory.
Batyrgaziev won the bout 3:2, cruising (...)
Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat along with Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar signed an agreement with the Japanese Embassy and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (...)
Sandra Sanchez of Spain has won the first Olympic gold medal in karate, beating Japan's Kiyou Shimizu in the final matchup in women's kata.
The 39-year-old Sanchez scored a 28.06 in the final bout, her screams echoing off the walls at the Budokan as (...)
Two time World champion Giana Farouk will launch its campaign at the ongoing Olympic Games with the aim of adding a new medal to the country.
She will take on Ukrainian player Anita Serogina in the Women Kumite -61kg Elimination round at 05:30 Cairo (...)
أفادت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية، أن زلزالا بقوة بقوة 5.8 درجة على مقياس ريختر ضرب سواحل اليابان.
وأوضحت الهيئة أن الزلزال تم تسجيله عند الساعة (20:33 بالتوقيت العالمي، 23:33 بتوقيت موسكو).
وكان مركز الهزات الأرضية على بعد 120 كيلومترا شمال شرق (...)
The Olympic debut of skateboarding is quickly becoming an all-Japanese affair.
Making it three gold medals from three events, with just one more left to go, Sakura Yosozumi led a Japanese 1-2 in the women's park event on Wednesday, solidifying the (...)
Simone Biles isn't going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block _ one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something the American gymnastics star still can't quite grasp _ that forced her to pull out of four Olympic finals saw to (...)
Xie Siyi and Wang Zongyuan gave China another 1-2 finish in Olympic diving, claiming gold and silver in men's 3-meter springboard Tuesday.
The Chinese divers held the top two spots after both the preliminaries and the semifinals, and it was more of (...)
Egypt beat Germany 31-26 in the quarter-finals of 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the first time an Egyptian handball team has appeared in the semi-final, making this team's generation the most successful and Egypt a potential medal winner.
The half-time lead (...)
Reigning world champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock stormed into the semi-finals of the women's wrestling competition with consummate ease on Monday, winning both her matches by technical superiority on her Olympic debut without dropping a point.
The United (...)
Some of the unusual aspects around Olympic men's soccer are clearer when you consider Neymar's absence.
That selection decision didn't depend on Brazil, but on Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain and its Argentine coach.
Neymar could be blocked from (...)
Egypt have every reason to be optimistic about the future of its senior national team despite the U23 side's elimination at the hands of Brazil in the quarter-final of the Olympic Games on Saturday, coach Shawky Gharib said.
The Pharaohs were (...)
A roundup of gold medals from Saturday, July 31, at the Tokyo Games:
ARCHERY
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL
Mete Gazoz of Turkey won the men's individual archery title at the Tokyo Games.
It was the first gold medal won by a country other than South Korea, which (...)
A toothless Egypt side were outplayed by Brazil to lose 1-0 and bow out of the Olympic Games at the quarter-final stage on Saturday, missing out on what would have been their first semi-final appearance in 57 years.
Playmaker Matheus Cunha netted (...)
Japanese judo gold medalist Shohei Ono has lost his first bout since 2015 in the quarterfinals of the Olympic debut of the mixed team competition.
Ono was stunned by Germany's Igor Wandtke in the second bout of the six-match quarterfinal. Wandtke (...)
Asian countries from Australia to Japan and the Philippines announced tighter COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, as they battle worsening coronavirus outbreaks, driven by the more contagious Delta variant.
Detected in some 96 countries, the Delta (...)
The United States started a pitcher who was Tampa Bay's No. 12 prospect before he was dealt to Minnesota last week in the Nelson Cruz trade.
Israel went with a 30-year-old who has never pitched above Double-A and brought in the director of music (...)
The Egyptian men's handball team have booked their place in the quarterfinals of Tokyo 2020 Olympic games after beating Sweden 27/22 in the 4th matchday of Group B Games.
The Pharaohs dominated their foes in the first half, going to the locker room (...)
يلا شوت بث مباشر مصر واليابان كرة اليد ثالث جولات المجموعة الثانية، حيث يلتقي المنتخب المصري في أولمبياد طوكيو مع أصحاب الأرض، فبعد أن تابعنا منتخب مصر لكرة اليد في أولي المباريات وفوزه علي المنتخب البرتغالي، قد خسر من المنتخب الدنماركي يوم الإثنين (...)
03:33 Egypt's Fencing Men Team beat Japan 45-32 in the Sabre event Round of 16. They will face Korea Republic in the quarter finals at 04:25 Cairo time (GMT+2).
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An Olympic skateboarder who was put in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 called the conditions at the hotel "inhuman" on Wednesday.
Candy Jacobs has been in isolation for eight days and missed the street event in skateboarding's debut (...)
Egypt's fencing team recorded the country's best ever result at the Olympics' Sabre event after beating Iran 45-24 on to finish fifth on Wednesday.
The team kicked off its campaign by defeating Japan 45-32 in the round of 16 before losing 45-37 to (...)
The Egyptian men's handball team claimed their second win in three group-stage matches after beating Japan 33-29 on Wednesday to edge closer to a place in the quarters.
Egypt outplayed Japan in the first half, going to the locker room with a (...)
It has only been six days since the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games but already athletes are starting their return trips as strict COVID-19 measures in Japan forbid any extended stays to soak up more of the Games atmosphere.
Teams normally stay (...)
