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Tokyo Olympics Digest: Alaskan teen shocks defending champion
Lydia Jacoby produced a shock in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, knocking off defending champion and teammate Lilly King. Flora Duffy won Bermuda’s first-ever gold medal in the triathlon. Follow DW for the latest. SOURCE: DW News
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Singer Pink offers to pay fine for Norway’s beach handball team over ‘sexist’ clothing
The American singer has offered to pay the 1,500 Euro fine incurred by Norway’s beach handball team for breaking clothing rules. The team wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms at the European championships in Bulgaria. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo 2020: Second withdrawal overshadows Israeli judoka Tohar Bulut’s Olympics
Judoka Tohar Bulut finished seventh in the under-73kg class. His sporting achievement has been overshadowed after Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool became the second judoka to withdraw from a bout against the Israeli. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo 2020: Germany gymnasts protest with full-body leotards
The Germany gymnastics team wore full-body suits during qualifications at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday in a protest against the sexualization of women in the sport. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: Kimia Alizadeh and her fight for equality
Kimia Alizadeh is many things: heroine, enemy of the state, refugee, Olympic bronze medalist in taekwando. She thinks she failed in Tokyo after missing the medals podium — but the opposite is the case. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: Kimia Alizadeh and her fight against her critics
Kimia Alizadeh is many things: heroine, enemy of the state, refugee, Olympic bronze medalist in taekwando. She thinks she failed in Tokyo after missing the medals podium — but the opposite is the case. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics Digest: USA men’s basketball loses opener to France
The US men’s basketball team continued to struggle in their opening game. Japan’s Yuto Horigome claimed the first ever Olympic skateboarding gold, while Germany won it’s first Olympic medal. Follow the latest on DW. SOURCE: DW News
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Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini provides message of hope at Olympics
Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini had no chance in the preliminary heat at the Tokyo Olympics. The message that the refugee team’s flag bearer sent to the world though, was more important than the result. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo’s youngest Olympian hopes to inspire others despite exit
Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza hopes her story can inspire people from war-torn countries despite a first round defeat. At just 12 years old, Zaza is the youngest Olympian to feature at the Tokyo Games. SOURCE: DW News
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Algerian judoka Nourine withdraws from Olympics to avoid facing Israeli
Algerian athlete Fethi Nourine and his coach have withdrawn from the judo competition at the Tokyo Olympics to avoid facing an Israeli athlete. The decision was made in support of the “Palestinian cause.” SOURCE: DW News
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Opinion: The Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony – the wrong pictures, the wrong message
The Olympics have started one year after their original date. But the opening ceremony shows the IOC has learned nothing from the pandemic and missed the opportunity to set an important sign, writes DW’s Sarah Wiertz. SOURCE: DW News
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‘The only right thing:’ Hockey’s Nike Lorenz allowed to wear rainbow band
Germany’s hockey captain will be allowed to display rainbow colours in support of the LGBTQ community at Tokyo 2020. Her case has put the IOC’s rules under the spotlight, with some criticizing a lack of clarity. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo 2020: Germany’s men’s football team outclassed by Brazil
The repeat of the 2016 Rio Olympics final saw Stefan Kuntz’s players suffer a defeat to a Brazil team that looked dominant from the opening kickoff. Captain Maxi Arnold was sent off for a second bookable offense. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo 2020: Germany among nations to have gender-balanced flag bearers
For the first time, two flag bearers, one man, one woman, will carry the German flag in the March of Nations at the Olympic Games. While not compulsory, it’s a change that is being encouraged by the IOC: SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympic Games: 41 Thai athletes compete for gold
The pandemic-delayed 2020 Olympics are finally set to get underway in Tokyo on July 23, under heavy Covid-19 restrictions as Japan still battles the virus. But as the Olympic Games are gearing up to begin, Thailand has sent 41 hopeful athletes to compete for the gold medal in Tokyo. Thailand will be competing in 15 events in the Tokyo Olympics:…
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Tokyo 2020: IOC claims Games to be gender-balanced, but equality is not so simple
Tokyo will be the most gender-balanced Olympics yet, but the participation of women in sports is not evenly distributed throughout the globe. In which countries are women more likely to succeed in elite-level sports? SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo 2020: Major sponsor Toyota distances itself from Olympic Games
Japanese carmaker Toyota has announced it will not run Olympics-related TV commercials during the Tokyo Games. The decision underlines how polarizing the Olympics have become in Japan as COVID-19 infections rise. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo 2020: Nigeria pinning basketball hopes on American diaspora
Nigeria are potential Olympic medal candidates with a basketball team made up mainly of US-based players. But some question whether relying on the diaspora is a sustainable long-term model for basketball in the country. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo 2020: ‘Zero fairness’ in Olympic Games preparation
For athletes gearing up for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, preparation has been anything but easy. But there have been huge discrepancies from sport to sport and country to country, and fairness has gone out the window. SOURCE: DW News
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Racist abuse sees Germany’s men’s football team walk off in pre-Olympics friendly
Germany’s men’s Olympic football team walked off during a pre-tournament friendly against Honduras five minutes from time due to alleged racist abuse. Centre-back Jordan Torunarigha was the target of the insults. SOURCE: DW News
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Naomi Osaka: Netflix, nationalism and marketing at the Tokyo Olympics
A month has passed since Naomi Osaka withdrew from the public eye citing depression. The 23-year-old tennis star is set to return to the court at the Olympic Games in Tokyo – and her marketing company is in overdrive. SOURCE: DW News
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Tokyo Olympics: The African table tennis star hoping to end Chinese dominance
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Quadri Aruna finally met his match in Chinese master, Ma Long, in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles table tennis tournament. With his speedy forehand power, the Nigerian virtuoso had conquered three top players to reach the quarterfinals of the men’s singles table tennis event, the first time for an African at the Olympic Games.…
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Coming Rome: Italy celebrates Euro 2020 triumph after pandemic nightmare
After a nightmarish couple of years full of lockdowns and human loss, Italy had something to celebrate on Sunday night with victory at Euro 2020. DW’s Alima Hotakie spent the night in Rome and sums up the atmosphere. SOURCE: DW News
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Euro 2020 final: Italy vs. England — LIVE
Is football coming home, or is it going to Rome? DW has all the buildup here, including all you need to know about the teams, the players, the coaches, the tactics and how they reached the final. Live coverage on Sunday. SOURCE: DW News
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Euro 2020 final: Italy vs. England — All you need to know
Is football coming home, or is it going to Rome? DW has all the buildup here, including all you need to know about the teams, the players, the coaches, the tactics and how they reached the final. Live coverage on Sunday. SOURCE: DW News
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Euro 2020: Harry Kane reacquaints with old foe Giorgio Chiellini
A key battle of the Euro 2020 final will be between the captains, England’s Harry Kane and Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. Kane has come a long way since their first meeting in 2015, but Chiellini remains as good as ever. SOURCE: DW News
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Opinion: Tokyo Olympics without fans is the least they can do
“We had no choice,” said Seiko Hashimoto, the head of the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee, after announcing the decision to ban spectators from next month’s Games. It’s been clear for several months that foreign visitors would not be able to travel to Japan, but organizers had hoped to allow 10,000 local fans per event in order to create at least…
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Euro 2020: What type of England might football come home to?
England’s men’s team are days away from a first ever Euros final. Though Gareth Southgate’s squad may seem to have the backing of a united country, it’s not quite as simple as that, reports Matt Pearson from London. SOURCE: DW News
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Euro 2020: England vs. Denmark — live blog
A Denmark side inspired by near-tragedy and former glories take on a England, who are hoping to reach their first-ever final at a European championship. Follow all the build-up in DW’s live blog. SOURCE: DW News
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Euro 2020: Italy survive shootout to reach final in packed out Wembley
Politics and COVID-19 concerns were put to one side at Wembley as Italy beat Spain on penalties in a pulsating contest. The Euro 2020 semifinal was England’s biggest communal event since the pandemic began. SOURCE: DW News
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