By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - Why the long face? Simple. A puss-filled horse tooth has spelled the end of Victoria Max-Theurer’s Olympic dressage dreams. The Austrian's 11-year-old horse, Abegglen NRW, had been behaving strangely in training and, while the Olympic opening…
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - United States paddlers Liu Juan and Nikhil Kumar won their opening singles matches at the 2020 Olympics on Saturday while Japan's mixed doubles duo Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito did not have it all their own…
The immediate future of the Green Bay Packers could not be more murky right now, and the latest social media posts of their top players didn't bring much clarity. Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams almost simultaneously posted the same picture to their…
The immediate future of the Green Bay Packers could not be more murky right now, and the latest social media posts of their top players didn't bring much clarity. Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams almost simultaneously posted the same picture to their…
TOKYO (Reuters) - Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk tested out the new Olympic skate park in Tokyo's waterfront, calling the sport's adoption into the Games "surreal". Hawk, now 53 and father of four, said the Olympics would further help grow skateboarding's profile and…
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Brazilian men's and women's beach volleyball teams earned satisfying wins in their opening pool encounters at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, beating their Argentine rivals in straight sets at Shiokaze Park. Brazil's Alvaro Filho and 2016 gold medallist…
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - The first real superstar of 3x3 basketball, Dusan Domovic Bulut of Serbia, added on Saturday a new accolade in the fledgling sport: Olympian. After a bruising first-round victory against China, where he came off a painful…
Tonga's Pita Taufatofua was feeling the love on Saturday after oiling up to cause an online sensation at a third straight Olympic opening ceremony, but this time he was challenged by an equally ripped rower from Vanuatu. Taufatofua first captured world attention…
By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Six years ago, Aram Mahmoud fled war-torn Syria for the Netherlands, leaving behind his sister, parents and dreams of becoming a world-class badminton player. Little did he know that one day, he'd be squaring off against…
It was a leap of faith on all sides during a pandemic that led Ireland native David Shanahan to leave his country and come to Georgia Tech to punt. Geoff Collins and the Jackets' staff also took a leap of faith believing…