‘No interest’: Little cheer in Tokyo day before Olympics openTOKYO: The athletes are in the Village and the world’s media has arrived, but for many in Japan, there’s little festive cheer just a day before the Olympics open in Tokyo.
USA women thumped as Team GB make winning start in Olympic footballTOKYO: Gold medal favourites the United States began their bid for a fifth women’s Olympic football title with an embarrassing 3-0 loss to Sweden, while Team GB kicked off their campaign at the Tokyo Games by beating Chile on Wednesday.
Who will end our gold drought?Can Malaysia win their first ever Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games? The Sports Ministry are certainly confident after setting a three-medal target, one of which is gold, for the 30 athletes who will be carrying Malaysia’s hopes across 10 sports when the Games officially open on Friday.
A new battle for medicsThe Malaysian medical team that went to the last Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were used to preparing for eventualities like sickness or injuries to athletes. But Tokyo 2020 presents a new challenge as never before.
Covid cases in Games Village a cause for concernSports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican has admitted he is concerned about the latest new Covid-19 cases at the Tokyo Olympics.
Incentives to pump up ParalympiansThe Sports Ministry expect the national contingent to at least equal their three-gold haul from the Rio edition at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug 24-Sept 5.
Testing time on the courtsThe national shuttlers had their first taste of the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, the Olympic badminton venue, with an hour-long training session in Tokyo yesterday. The badminton competition starts on Saturday and ends on Aug 2.
US gymnast tests positive for Covid at OlympicsTOKYO: A female US gymnast has tested positive for coronavirus at an Olympic training camp and another athlete is self-isolating, team chiefs and Japanese officials said on Monday.
Little fanfare as Tokyo enters Olympic countdownTOKYO: Tokyo entered the final Olympic countdown on Friday, but there was little fanfare with just one week until the opening ceremony, as virus infections surge in the Japanese capital.
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