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Olympics-Gymnastics-Japanese men’s top goal is beating China for team gold

By Chang-Ran Kim and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) - Having missed the men's gymnastics team title by a hair at Tokyo 2020, Japan are determined to beat their biggest rival China to take gold in Paris,

Soccer-Argentina’s Scaloni says balance is key in deciding who starts up front

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said he takes it game by game in deciding who starts up front at the Copa America after opting for Julian Alvarez over Lautaro

Motor racing-Red Bull wary of Norris ahead of home Austrian race

By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Red Bull will be wary of McLaren's Lando Norris at a home Austrian Grand Prix that Max Verstappen has dominated in the past but this time looks a tight battle between the

Motor racing-Formula One statistics for the Austrian Grand Prix

(Reuters) - Formula One statistics for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg, the 11th round of the 24-race championship and third sprint race of the season: Lap distance: 4.318km. Total distance:

SA, Afghanistan look to rise above deep scars to seal T20 WC final berth

Tarouba (Trinidad), Jun 26 (PTI) Tournament story-makers Afghanistan will be up against perennial dark horses South Africa in the first semifinal of the...

India look to beat knockout stage nerves, eye revenge against England in T20WC semis

Georgetown (Guyana), Jun 26 (PTI) With a refreshingly aggressive batting approach, India would look to avoid the knockout stage jitters plaguing them for...

Swimmers Srihari Nataraj, Dhinidhi Desinghu to compete at Olympics through ‘Universality quota’

New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu will compete at the Paris Olympics via the Universality places qualification system, which...

I was in tears laughing, Australia skipper Marsh sees the funny side of Naib’s theatrics

Gros Islet (St Lucia), Jun 26 (PTI) Australia captain Mitchell Marsh saw the funny side of Afghanistan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib’s theatrical complaining of...

I can’t see India losing this time, England will need something extraordinary: Collingwood

New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) England will have to come up with an extraordinary performance to beat an an in-form India in the...

New innings: Kapil Dev takes over as President of Professional Golf Tour of India

New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) World Cup-winning former India cricket captain Kapil Dev has taken over as the new President of the Professional...

On Camera

Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?