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Pictograms unveiled 500 days before start of Tokyo 2020 12 Mar 2019 - 10:31 am
Japan's 4x100 metre relay Rio 2016 silver medallist Shota Iizuka (top row 6th L), national karate team member Kiyo Shimizu (top row 6th L) and elementary school students display sports pictograms for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games during an unveiling ceremo
Russia remains banned from international track for doping 11 Mar 2019 - 04:24 pm
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Ski jumping-Former Olympic champion Nykanen dies at 55 04 Feb 2019 - 12:33 pm
Finland's former Olympic ski jumping champion Matti Nykanen (L) walks out with his friend Mervi Tapola after being released from Kylmakoski prison in Finland in this September 21, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Files
Lindsey Vonn to decide future in coming days 21 Jan 2019 - 01:50 pm
Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. celebrates after winning the FIS World Cup Women's Downhill final race. Anders Wiklund
'Snow Queen' Shiffrin wins fourth Zagreb slalom 05 Jan 2019 - 05:28 pm
Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. celebrates with a crown after winning the Women's Slalom REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic
Near-blind ex-boxer puts troubled kids on right path 31 Dec 2018 - 01:43 pm
Jorge Pina, 42 years old, blind and paralympic marathoner, teaches boxing to autistic children at Olivais school in Lisbon on January 24, 2018. AFP / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA
Japan's Kihira upsets Oly champ Zagitova to win Grand Prix gold 09 Dec 2018 - 11:06 am
Rika Kihira of Japan performs in the Ladies Short Program at the ISU Grand Prix of the Figure Skating Final 2018-19, in Vancouver, Canada on December 6 2018.
Bach and IOC: No Olympic city ever as ready as Tokyo 06 Dec 2018 - 12:51 am
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates and President of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic organising committee Yoshiro Mori attend their news conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 12, 2018. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
S. Korea 'Garlic Girls' curling coaches resign over alleged abuse 04 Dec 2018 - 12:34 pm
File photo of Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong and Kim Yeong-mi of South Korea celebrate beating Sweden, February 19, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
With Olympics looming, surf star captures a bigger prize 03 Dec 2018 - 09:18 pm
Surfing World Champion Stephanie Gilmore from Australia advances to the Semifinals of the 2018 Beachwaver Maui Pro after winning Quarterfinal Heat 2 at Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawaii, on November 27, 2018.  WSL/ Kelly Cestari
IOC chief will 'work hard' for boxing in 2020 Games despite freeze 01 Dec 2018 - 11:31 am
Tsunekazu Takeda (L), President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, delivers a speech while International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (R) listens at the IOC Executive Board meeting in Tokyo on November 30, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Majority of Calgary voters say 'no thanks' to 2026 Olympics 14 Nov 2018 - 11:28 pm
In this file photo taken on February 13, 1988 fans cheer and wave flags as the Canadian delegation (lower right) parades during the opening ceremony of the XVth Winter Olympic Games in Calgary. AFP / Jonathan Utz
Mo Farah wins 5th straight Great North Run 09 Sep 2018 - 04:16 pm
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Beef, sushi on menu as Japan's Ikee scoops MVP 02 Sep 2018 - 12:46 pm
Japan's swimmer Ikee Rikako (2nd R), who won six gold medals during the games, poses for a photo with a cheque for 50,000 USD after being named as the
Coleman, Lyles the new kids on sprinting blocks 01 Sep 2018 - 11:59 am
US athlete Christian Coleman (C) celebrates winning the men's 100m final of the Memorial Van Damme athletics event, the last meeting of the IAAF Diamond League competition on August 31, 2018 in Brussels. / AFP / JOHN THYS
The billionaire bridge player who holds all the cards 28 Aug 2018 - 11:47 am
This file photo taken on August 22, 2018 shows tobacco and banking multi-billionaire Michael Bambang Hartono, 78, who is competing in bridge for Indonesia at the 2018 Asian Games, speaking at a press conference at the Jakarta International Expo in Jakarta
Unified Korea team grab historic gold at Asian Games 26 Aug 2018 - 12:33 pm
Unified Korea's gold medallists sing the national folk song
Combined Koreas crew wins historic medal at Asian Games 25 Aug 2018 - 06:17 pm
Members of the Unified Korea team pose on the podium after receiving their bronze medals during a medal ceremony for the women's canoe 200m traditional boat race at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang on August 25, 2018. (AFP / ADEK BERRY)