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  • Egyptian handball team not qualified to finals in Tokyo Olympics

    Date: 2021-08-05 12:01:09 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:36 - ID:9095982

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) – The men’s Egyptian handball team lost a game against the French team by 23-27 on Thursday in the semifinal of Tokyo Olympics. The Pharaos were the first African team to advance to the Olympic semifinal and the first ....

  • Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo wins gold in men's triple jump

    Date: 2021-08-05 08:31:07 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:20 - ID:9095462

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo won the Olympic triple jump title with abest leap of 17.98m, a national record. The 28-year-old set his best mark in round three at the Olympic Stadium. ZHU Yaming of People’s Republic of China ....

  • Eumir Marcial wins bronze in Olympics men's middleweight

    Date: 2021-08-05 08:25:29 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:19 - ID:9095509

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Eumir Marcial of the Philippines won the bronze medal after beating Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine in Tokyo Olympics men's middleweight semifinals at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. The Pinoy boxer brings home the country’s ....

  • Egypt's Ali Sawy leaves Karate competitions of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

    Date: 2021-08-05 08:12:44 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:17 - ID:9095506

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Egyptian Karate fighter Ali el Sawy has left the men's individual 67kg Kumite of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He lost 3-1 against Darkhan Assadilov of Kazakhstan. He failed to progress to the semifinals as he finished third ....

  • American teenager Nevin Harrison wins first Olympic women’s canoe 200m

    Date: 2021-08-05 08:08:24 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:16 - ID:9095415

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - There are so few top American canoeists and kayakers that growing up in Seattle, Nevin Harrison’s idols were athletes in other sports such as Gabby Douglas and Allyson Felix, The Guardian reported. Now aspiring American ....

  • Jamaica's Hansle Parchment wins shock men’s 110m hurdles gold

    Date: 2021-08-05 08:06:56 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:15 - ID:9095459

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Hansle Parchment of Jamaica has won a surprise gold medal in the men's 110m hurdles final, finishing the race in 13.05 seconds to take the Olympic title. Parchment blazed past strong favorite Grant Holloway, the USA's world ....

  • Hong Kong takes women's table tennis bronze over Germany

    Date: 2021-08-05 08:05:12 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:14 - ID:9095412

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Hong Kong rallied from an early loss to take bronze over Germany with a 3-1 win in the women's team table tennis event at the 2020 Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Germany's Shan Xiaona and Petrissa Solja dealt a 3-1 loss to Lee Ho and ....

  • Egypt's Karate fighter Sawy defeats Azerbaijan's Farzaliyev in Tokyo Games

    Date: 2021-08-05 07:30:34 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:12 - ID:9095363

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Egyptian Karate fighter Ali el Sawy has defeated 1-0 Firdovsi Farzaliyev of Azerbaijan in the qualifying Group A in the men's individual 67kg Kumite competitions in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. He will fight Darkhan ....

  • Egypt's Mostafa Amr claims 8th place in men’s shot put finals at Tokyo Games

    Date: 2021-08-05 07:23:19 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:11 - ID:9095357

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Egyptian athlete Mostafa Amr has claimed the 8th place in the finals of the shot put competitions at the Tokyo Olympics, after achieving a record of 20:37 meters. Amr claimed this position out of 12 players. He did not ....

  • India creates history, wins hockey medal after 41 years

    Date: 2021-08-05 07:19:05 GMT - Japan - Sports - SN:10 - ID:9095315

    TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - A resolute Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany 5-4 to win the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Tokyo Games on Thursday, ....

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