Belarus athlete at Tokyo Olympics seeks to defect

Belarus athlete at Tokyo Olympics seeks to defect

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya who competed at the Tokyo Olympics wants to defect after defying her team's ...

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Tokyo Olympic playbook violators total 28 at midway point

Tokyo Olympic playbook violators total 28 at midway point

The number of people violating the Tokyo Olympic playbook rules for athletes and officials totals 28 at the midway point...

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Georgian judo silver medalists kicked out of Tokyo Olympics

Georgian judo silver medalists kicked out of Tokyo Olympics

Two Georgian judoka have been kicked out of the Tokyo Olympics after winning silver medals for going sightseeing in viol...

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Myanmar soccer player seeking asylum in Japan practices with new team

Myanmar soccer player seeking asylum in Japan practices with new team

Myanmar soccer player Pyae Lyan Aung who is seeking asylum in Japan practices with YSCC Yokohama for the first time afte...

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Thailand sacks soccer head coach Nishino

Thailand sacks soccer head coach Nishino

The Thai soccer association dismisses head coach Nishino Akira of Japan after Thailand's national team failed to make it...

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Food waste at Tokyo Games

Food waste at Tokyo Games

Tokyo Games organizers apologize for discarding about 4,000 boxed meals that were prepared for staffers and volunteers a...

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Women's surfing gold medalist gave speech in Japanese

Women's surfing gold medalist gave speech in Japanese

American surfer Carissa Moore, the gold medalist in women's surfing at the Tokyo Olympics, gave a speech in Japanese as ...

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Volunteers in Saitama welcome Olympians

Volunteers in Saitama welcome Olympians

Tokyo Olympic volunteers in Saitama Prefecture, north of the Japanese capital, welcome athletes arriving at Saitama Stad...

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Olympic flame moved to smaller cauldron in Tokyo waterfront area

Olympic flame moved to smaller cauldron in Tokyo waterfront area

The Tokyo Olympic flame that lit up the cauldron at National Stadium during the opening ceremony is moved to a smaller c...

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Tokyo Games victory bouquet represents prefectures hard-hit by 2011 disasters

Tokyo Games victory bouquet represents prefectures hard-hit by 2011 disasters

The victory bouquet presented to medalists at the Tokyo Games is made of flowers grown in three prefectures in northeast...

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