Ireland’s part-time cleaner Harrington wins boxing gold
TOKYO: Ireland’s Kellie Harrington defeated Beatriz Ferreira of Brazil to win women’s lightweight boxing gold on Sunday in Tokyo.
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Bulgarian, Turk win landmark women’s Olympic boxing golds
TOKYO: Bulgaria’s Stoyka Krasteva and Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey each won boxing gold on Saturday in Tokyo, becoming the first women from their countries to earn Olympic titles in the sport.
Britain’s Yafai wins flyweight boxing gold, Ukrainian KO’d
TOKYO: Britain’s Galal Yafai defeated Carlo Paalam to win the Olympic flyweight title on Saturday, denying the Philippines a first boxing gold medal in the country’s history.
Korda completes US golf sweep with Olympics women’s gold
KAWAGOE, Japan: World number one Nelly Korda held her nerve during a delay for a lightning storm to win Olympic gold on Saturday and make it an American golf clean sweep at Tokyo 2020.
United States edge France to win men’s Olympic basketball gold medal
SAITAMA: NBA All-Star Kevin Durant hailed his team for overcoming adversity Saturday after pouring in a game-high 29 points to lead the United States past France 87-82 for a “beautiful” fourth straight Olympic men’s basketball gold medal.
Cuba’s Julio la Cruz wins Olympic heavyweight gold
TOKYO: Cuba’s Julio la Cruz, who was shot during a robbery just a few years ago, won his second Olympic gold on Friday with victory in the heavyweight boxing final.
Two Belarus coaches kicked out of Olympics over Tsimanouskaya removal
TOKYO: Two Belarusian coaches have been stripped of their Tokyo Olympics accreditations over an alleged attempt to force a sprinter to fly home, an incident that drew international condemnation.
Spain’s golden oldie Sanchez Jaime lands karate’s historic first Olympic gold
TOKYO: Spain’s Sandra Sanchez Jaime won the first ever Olympic Games karate gold medal on Thursday, becoming her country’s oldest ever Olympian at 39 years and 323 days at the spiritual home of martial arts, the Nippon Budokan, in Tokyo.
Olympic women’s football final moved to evening
TOKYO: The Olympic women’s football final between Sweden and Canada on Friday has been switched from Tokyo to Yokohama and delayed from 11am until 9pm because of heat concerns.
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