Olympics
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years for doping offense
World
February 28, 2020
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years for doping offense
China’s triple Olympic swimming gold medallist Sun Yang has been found guilty of refusing to give a doping sample and…
Sports Minister will ask Mo Salah to join Egypt’s team for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Egypt
February 20, 2020
Sports Minister will ask Mo Salah to join Egypt’s team for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Egypt’s Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhy said that the Egyptian football icon and Liverpool FC winger Mohamed Salah’s…
Olympic makeover: all aboard for new sports lighting up Tokyo 2020
World
January 21, 2020
Olympic makeover: all aboard for new sports lighting up Tokyo 2020
Modern upstarts skateboarding and surfing as well as the ancient martial art of karate are among new sports for 2020…
Tennis: Egyptian Safwat falls in Melbourne but eyes Olympic dream
Egypt
January 20, 2020
Tennis: Egyptian Safwat falls in Melbourne but eyes Olympic dream
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Mohamed Safwat may have crashed out in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday, but…
Avant-garde posters unveiled as Tokyo Olympics near
World
January 6, 2020
Avant-garde posters unveiled as Tokyo Olympics near
TOKYO (AP) — The official posters are out for this year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The 20 posters have been…
Russia reacts with anger after doping ban from Olympics, World Cup
World
December 10, 2019
Russia reacts with anger after doping ban from Olympics, World Cup
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia for four years from major global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo…
Russia to miss Olympics after WADA ban over doping
World
December 9, 2019
Russia to miss Olympics after WADA ban over doping
Russia will miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday…
‘Kawaii!’ Olympic robot mascots thrill Tokyo students
Science
November 18, 2019
‘Kawaii!’ Olympic robot mascots thrill Tokyo students
Robot versions of Japan’s Olympic and Paralympic mascots thrilled hundreds of school children in Tokyo on Monday, striking sporting poses…
Aiming at Olympic boom, Japan builds ‘Ethnic Harmony’ tribute to indigenous Ainu
World
October 29, 2019
Aiming at Olympic boom, Japan builds ‘Ethnic Harmony’ tribute to indigenous Ainu
TOKYO (Reuters) – On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine that has…
Mohamed Safwat is Egypt’s first tennis player to qualify for the Olympics
Life & Style
September 19, 2019
Mohamed Safwat is Egypt’s first tennis player to qualify for the Olympics
Since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, the Egyptian flag has never been raised over tennis arenas. At the…