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US women's soccer regroups after stunning loss to Sweden

While it certainly wasn't the Olympic start the U.S. women's soccer team had anticipated, a rare loss didn't skewer the squad's hopes for gold. The United States fell to Sweden 3-0 Wednesday night in the team's opener in Tokyo, snapping a 44-match unbeaten streak. It was a surprising result for the favorites in the field. In fact, it may have lit a fire. Defender Tierna Davidson said Thursday that veteran Kelley O'Hara was rallying the squad ahead of Saturday's match against New Zealand. "She was like: 'We don't have a choice. We have to come out the next game and we have to be absolutely ruthless.'" Davidson said. "So I think that's what everyone has on their mind right now." There's still a good chance that the world's top ranked team makes it to the knockout round and even a medal match. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the United States fell 2-0 to Norway in the first match, then went on to win gold a fact U.S. forward Christen Press pointed to after the game. "We've had a lo

We can break toughest defences with good communication: Mandeep Singh

Indian men's hockey team striker Mandeep Singh on Thursday asserted that they have it in them to break the defence of any rival side in the Tokyo Olympics, beginning here on Friday.

Pune 1919: Long years ago, when India's made its tryst with Olympics

India's tryst with the Olympics started at a sports meet of the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune in 1919

Was depressed, wanted to quit swimming: Maana Patel recalls injury struggle

Representing India at the Olympics, like for several others, is a dream come true for swimmer Maana Patel, but it's a reality the youngster would have struggled to even imagine four years ago

Manu and I have put in place a plan: Coach Ronak Pandit ahead of Olympics

In less than than three months of training at the range, coach Ronak Pandit and Manu Bhaker have "put in place a plan", giving impetus to the pistol prodigy's hopes of a podium finish in Olympics

Neeraj is good but tough for him to beat me, says Johannes Vetter

Rivals when they have spears in their hands, German javelin throw superstar Johannes Vetter and Neeraj Chopra are happy being friends when not competing

Olympics: IOC to include athletes kneeling in highlights, social media

After images of Olympic soccer players taking a knee were excluded from official highlight reels and social media channels, the IOC said Thursday that kneeling protests will be shown in the future. Players from five women's soccer teams kneeled in support of racial justice Wednesday, the first day it was allowed at the Olympic Games after a ban lasting decades. The concession under Olympic Charter Rule 50, which has long prohibited any athlete protest inside event venues, was finally allowed this month by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC has tried to reconcile enforcing the rule while recognizing, and sometimes celebrating, the iconic image of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raising a black-gloved fist on the medal podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. On Wednesday, the British and Chilean teams kneeled before the opening games and were followed by the United States, Sweden and New Zealand players in later kickoffs. The Australia team posed with

EXPLAINER: What's the history of the Olympics protest rule?

The simple act of taking a knee felt like something more monumental when it happened on Olympic soccer pitches in Japan on the opening night of action

Guinea pulls out of Tokyo Olympics due to Covid-19 pandemic

Guinea, a small African country, has pulled out of the Olympic Games that begin on Friday, citing resurgence of Covid-19 variants

Tokyo new coronavirus cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open

Thursday's 1,979 new cases are the highest since 2,044 were recorded on Jan. 15.

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Schedule for sailing, rowing, fencing and match timing

At Tokyo Olympics 2021, India will pin its hopes on Bhavani Devi, India's first fencer to qualify. Check Schedule for sailing, rowing, fencing and match timings (Indian time)

Tokyo Olympics: Table Tennis, weightlifting full schedule, timings in India

Tokyo Olympics 2021:Table tennis matches will begin on July 24. Mirabai Chanu's fate will be decided same day in 49-kg category weightlifting competition. Check India's Table Tennis match timings here

Surfer, weightlifter, celeb: women in headlines at Tokyo Olympics

Here's our list of the 10 women who will be in the news and get the most number of global eyeballs in the fortnight starting from Friday, July 23

Wrong entries in the health status App raise Covid-19 alarm in Indian camp

Wrong entries in the health status application caused a Covid-19 scare in the Indian camp at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday

Tokyo 2020: Olympic Games boast equal gender participation for first time

Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job in the private sector when a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Games lured her back into a boat

Less than 50 Indian athletes, officials to attend Olympics opening ceremony

No more than 44 Indian athletes will participate in the Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday

Tokyo Olympics: Two athletes test Covid positive, tally rises to 87

Twelve new positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday were reported by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' organizing committee, which includes two athletes residing in the Olympics village

Tokyo Olympics: Sania, Ankita to clash with Ukrainian duo in first round

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 first round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Qualified at home, Indian athletes fail to make the cut at Olympics

While winning medals in track and field events may still be a tough task, can India's athletes at least match the minimum qualifying times at the real event?

Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony director fired for a Holocaust joke

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998