Third T20I: Wanindu Hasaranga’s four-for helps Sri Lanka beat India by 7 wickets and clinch series

Hasaranga returned career-best T20 figures of 4/9 with his leg-spin as India finished on a paltry 81/8, a total Sri Lanka overhauled in 14.3 overs.

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· 4 hours ago

Tokyo 2020, table tennis: China’s Chen Meng beats compatriot Sun Yingsha to win women’s singles gold

In a battle between top two seeds and teammates, Chen lost the first game before prevailing 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9 to grab her first Games gold.

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· 7 hours ago

Tokyo 2020: Simone Biles blames twisties, a dangerous gymnastics skill, for her Olympics pull-out

The skill – a back handspring onto the vault then two-and-a-half twists in mid-air with a blind landing – is not for the faint-hearted.

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· 8 hours ago

Tokyo 2020, tennis: Djokovic through, Medvedev knocked out; Bencic to play Vondrousova for gold

Novak Djokovic’s chief gold-medal rival Daniil Medvedev was dumped out by Pablo Carreno Busta but compatriot Karen Khachanov advanced to the semis.

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· 8 hours ago

Tokyo 2020 organisers defend Covid-19 measures, dismiss links between Olympics and Japan surge

Nationwide infections topped 10,000 for the first time, Japanese media said, with Tokyo reporting a record 3,865 cases.

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· 9 hours ago

Second T20I: Dhananjaya de Silva stars as Sri Lanka beat India by 4 wickets to level series

Chasing 133 for victory, Sri Lanka depended on an unbeaten 28-run partnership between De Silva and Chamika Karunaratne to achieve the target.

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· Yesterday · 11:47 pm

Tokyo 2020, men’s hockey: India face Olympic champions Argentina with an eye on quarter-final berth

Manpreet Singh-led side have six points from their three matches two more than Argentina.

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· Yesterday · 09:09 pm

Tokyo 2020, diving: The training that makes China the most dominant team

China already have three gold medals in the bag at Tokyo and four more are up for grabs. They won seven diving golds at Rio 2016.

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· Yesterday · 04:44 pm

Tokyo 2020, gymnastics: Defending champion Simone Biles pulls out of all-around individual event

The 24-year-old’s participation in the four individual event finals starting on Sunday will be decided after further evaluation, USAG said.

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· Yesterday · 01:39 pm

Tokyo 2020, swimming: Katie Ledecky wins inaugural Olympic women's 1500m freestyle gold

The American world record-holder produced a commanding swim to win her first title of the Tokyo Games.

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· Yesterday · 09:26 am

Tokyo 2020, gymnastics: Russians clinch women's team gold as Simone Biles pulls out of final

USA Gymnastics said in a statement Biles had been withdrawn from the final because of an unspecified ‘medical issue’.

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· Jul 27, 2021 · 07:18 pm

Tokyo 2020: 13 years after quitting triathlon, Flora Duffy returns to win Bermuda’s first-ever gold

Duffy’s success makes Bermuda the smallest nation or territory in terms of population – around 70,000 – ever to win a gold medal at a Summer Games.

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· Jul 27, 2021 · 02:17 pm