Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pelé or whoever it was decades ago that first described football as the “beautiful game.” Yamashita is one of three women...
Tokyo: Brazil no longer rely on superstar Neymar to win games, manager Tite said Sunday, with an Olympic gold medal-winning generation looking to step up at...
Jakarta: The young Indian men’s hockey team produced a spirited performance to beat Japan 1-0 and clinch the bronze medal in the Asia Cup on Wednesday....
The Indian men’s hockey team scored two fantastic field goals to beat Japan 2-1 in its first Super 4 league match and avenge its loss in...
Manila: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu was left in tears after an “unfair” call by the umpires midway through her semifinal match against Japan’s Akane...
New Delhi: Japan qualified for a seventh successive World Cup after beating Australia 2-0 in Sydney and ending the Socceroos’ chances of automatic qualification on Thursday....
Mumbai: A gritty China fought back from a goal-down twice before stunning two-time defending champions Japan 4-3 in the penalty shootout in the semi-finals to book...
New Delhi: Iran became the first team from Asia to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals on Thursday with a 1-0 victory over Iraq as...
Dhaka: Olympic bronze medallist India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-3 in a pulsating third-fourth place play-off match to win the bronze medal at the Asian Champions Trophy men’s...
Dhaka: Defending champions and Olympic bronze medallist India dished out a below-par performance to suffer a stunning 3-5 defeat against Japan in the second semifinal of...
Dhaka: Back to their best after a slow start, defending champions and Olympic bronze-medallist India would start as overwhelming favourites against Asian Games gold winner Japan...
India’s double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu failed to reach the women’s singles summit clash after going down fighting to Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi in three games...
New Delhi: An Australian own-goal kept Japan in the race for an automatic spot in next year’s World Cup. Australia defender Aziz Behich put the ball...
Tokyo: The Tokyo Paralympics open Tuesday after a year-long pandemic delay and with the virus continuing to cast a long shadow as Japan battle a record...
New Delhi: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold-winning feat in the Olympics was listed as one of the 10 magical moments of track and field...
New Delhi: A group of Australian Olympic athletes were Wednesday facing 28 days in quarantine on return from Tokyo in a move slammed as “cruel” and...
Tokyo: Every two years, when an Olympics convenes, its organizers harness billions of dollars to make sure the entire affair is tightly, carefully scripted, clearing the...
Tokyo: With a brilliant performance from a young team that lived like a family during the pandemic and played as a single unit in Tokyo, India...
New Delhi: Seeking to steer away from “negativity”, Indian pistol ace Manu Bhaker on Saturday said she will continue to shoot in three events, including the...
Tokyo: Striker Gurjant Singh was twice on target as India comfortably outclassed hosts Japan 5-3 on Friday to complete their pool proceedings with four victories after...
Tokyo: Reigning badminton world champion PV Sindhu sailed into the women’s singles semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics with a straight-game triumph over Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi on...
Tokyo: Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom’s (51kg) pursuit of a second Olympic medal ended in the pre-quarterfinals of the Tokyo Games as she went down...
Tokyo: Japan’s Naomi Osaka suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova in the third round of the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, crushing her dreams of...
Tokyo: Japan’s Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for Japan in table tennis here on Monday, after overcoming reigning world champions Xu Xin...
Tokyo: On the Olympic podium stood three teenage girls — 13, 13 and 16 — with weighty gold, silver and bronze medals around their young necks,...
Tokyo: India’s Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu could get her medal upgraded. This after reports that China’s gold medal winner Hou Zhihui is being tested by...
Tokyo: India star paddler Manika Batra bowed out of the women’s singles event after losing her Round 3 match against Austria’s Sofia Polcanova here at Tokyo...
Tokyo: The COVID-19 infections associated with the Tokyo Olympics rose to 148 after organisers reported 16 new cases on Monday, including three athletes. The organisers, in their daily COVID-19 update,...
Tokyo: Australia secured a crushing 7-1 victory over India in the men’s hockey tournament on Sunday, while Germany handed Britain their first Olympics loss in women’s...
Tokyo: There were never any questions about Naomi Osaka’s potential on the tennis court when she took a two-month mental health break. Especially on hard courts, the...
Tokyo: Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu bagged a historic silver medal in the women’s 49kg weightlifting at the Tokyo International Forum to lift the gloom after four...
Tokyo: The Indian tennis star duo of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will clash with the Ukrainian pair of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok in the...
Tokyo: The Olympic Games, beginning on Friday, is the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza but in the Japanese capital, which is the host city, there is clear...
Tokyo: Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organisers...
New Delhi: Indian shooting and boxing contingent at the Olympics would not be required to undergo a quarantine period as they have landed in Tokyo from...
Tokyo: With 11,500 athletes and around 79,000 administrators, support staff and media personnel reaching Japan in the next few days, the Tokyo Olympic Games will also see...
New Delhi: With the Tokyo Olympics approaching, PTI takes a look at interesting facts and trivia about the Games from its previous editions. Here are some...
Los Angeles: Those looking for definitive answers about Naomi Osaka and how she copes with the demands of her career and fame shouldn’t expect to find...
New Delhi: Striving to master “closing out” narrow games, Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth is entering his maiden Olympics “a bit worried” about returning false positive for COVID-19 in...
Washington: Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released by USA Track and Field, a decision that means the American champion’s positive test...
