Fri 30 July 2021: South African Tatjana Schoenmaker smashed the long-standing women’s 200m breaststroke world record on Friday to win the Olympic gold medal. The 24-year-old timed 2min 18.95sec to better the 2:19.11 set by Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen in 2013. America’s Lilly King was second in 2:19.92 with her team-mate and training partner Annie […]
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Tue 27 July 2021: Tatjana Schoenmaker won silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday morning, kicking off an all-female two-medal haul for Team SA. Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has congratulated Tatjana Schoenmaker for winning a silver medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke final at the Tokyo […]
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Mon 26 July 2021: Sudanese judoka Mohamed Abdalrasool has withdrawn from the Olympics Games in Tokyo after being absent from a scheduled fight against an Israeli opponent. Abdalrasool was set to face Israel’s Tohar Butbul in the men’s 73kg division today, but did not show up in the round of 32 despite weighing in for […]
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Mon 26 July 2021: The number of COVID-19 cases at the Tokyo Olympics has climbed to 148, according to the organizers of the major sporting event. The organisers, in their daily COVID-19 update, announced that three athletes, four contractors, eight Games-concerned personnel and one Games employee have been found to be COVID positive, taking the […]
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Sun 25 July 2021: After three outstanding wins in the Tokyo Games’ taekwondo tournament on Sunday, Iranian refugee Kimia Alizadeh is one victory away from claiming the Refugee Olympic Team’s 1st ever medal. Alizadeh shocked two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Jones in the round-of-16, beating the British champion 16-12. She went on to defeat Zhou […]
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Mon 19 July 2021: Palestinian weightlifter from Gaza, Mohammad Hamada, will be making history by being the first such athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this month. Hamada secured his place after participating in six international qualifying contests since 2019. Reuters reported today that the 19-year-old left Gaza several weeks ago for Doha, Qatar, […]
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Sun 18 July 2021: Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi on Saturday broke a historical record on Instagram with his Copa America victory photo. Messi’s most recent Instagram post featuring his first international silverware has received more than 20 million likes, making it the most liked post shared by an athlete on the social media platform. […]
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Thu 15 July 2021: English football star Jadon Sancho has spoken out after receiving online abuse for his penalty shoot-out miss in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final, with the England winger insisting that “hate will never win”. “As a society, we need to do better, and hold these people accountable. Hate will never win,” Sancho said on Instagram […]
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Mon 12 July 2021: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday slammed “appalling” racial abuse against England’s Euro 2020 team after they lost the final to Italy on a penalty shoot-out. “This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media,” Johnson wrote on Twitter. “Those responsible for this appalling […]
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Mon 12 July 2021: Italy were crowned the winners of the EURO 2020 on Sunday after defeating England on penalties at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium. Italy reached victory during a penalty shootout, scoring three goals to England’s two. The match was held at England’s home field of Wembley Stadium in London, a year after the […]
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