Ireland’s part-time cleaner Harrington wins boxing goldTOKYO: Ireland’s Kellie Harrington defeated Beatriz Ferreira of Brazil to win women’s lightweight boxing gold on Sunday in Tokyo.
Bulgarian, Turk win landmark women’s Olympic boxing goldsTOKYO: 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.
Olympic women’s football final moved to eveningTOKYO: 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.
Czechs Krejcikova, Siniakova take women’s Olympic doubles goldTOKYO: Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova added the Olympic women’s doubles title to their French Open crown by beating Swiss singles champion Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in Sunday’s final.
Switzerland’s Bencic beats Vondrousova to win Olympic tennis titleTOKYO: Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win the Olympic tennis singles title with a battling three-set victory over Czech Marketa Vondrousova on Saturday.
Svitolina wins Ukraine’s first Olympic tennis medalTOKYO: Elina Svitolina became Ukraine’s first Olympic medallist in tennis on Saturday, securing bronze by coming from a set and a break down to beat Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
USA beat Netherlands on penalties to reach Olympic women’s football semisTOKYO: Megan Rapinoe scored the winning penalty after goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher saved two spot-kicks as the United States defeated the Netherlands 4-2 in a shootout following a 2-2 draw to remain on course for a fifth Olympic women’s football title.
History-seeking Biles makes flawed entrance at Tokyo GamesTOKYO: American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles got off to a shaky start in her quest for five gold medals and Olympic history in Tokyo on Sunday.
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.
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