The West African country of Guinea has reversed an earlier decision to pull out of the Olympics and will send a delegation of five athletes to the Tokyo Games.Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow made the announcement Thursday after national and int…
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This could be it for Caster Semenya and the Olympics. Forced out of her favorite race by World Athletics’ testosterone rules, the two-time Olympic champion in the 800 meters took a late shot at qualifying for Tokyo in the 5,000 meters, an event not af…
Swimming caps designed for natural Black hair won’t be allowed at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, with the sport’s world governing body saying they are unsuitable due to them not “following the natural form of the head.”The British brand Soul Cap sought t…
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) Two Taiwanese teams won three top awards Monday at this year’s RoboCup Junior, a robot competition held annually for young students worldwide.Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held virtually from June 22-28.The tw…
Taipei- Taiwan has won five medals — one gold, one silver and three bronze — at the 2021 Edison Awards, which honor the world’s most innovative new products, services and business leaders.The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), partnered…
Taipei-Taiwanese female weightlifter Chen Wen-hui (???) on Tuesday clinched three gold medals at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan, making her the second Taiwanese athlete to earn a medal in the ongoing tournament that serves as a qua…
Taipei-The Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium had a big crowd of 7,800 fans in the season opener of Taiwan’s 2021 pro baseball season on Saturday, with the visiting CTBC Brothers topping the defending champion Uni-President Lions 10-4.It was the first t…
Taipei-Taiwan’s top table tennis team bagged the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender tournament in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday.After cruising through their quarterfinal and semifinal matches without dropping a game on Friday, wor…
Taipei-Taiwan’s top table tennis players on Friday reached the semifinals in the men’s singles and mixed doubles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender held in Doha, Qatar.World No. 4 mixed doubles pairing Lin Yun-ju (???) and Cheng I-ching (???) pl…
Taipei-Taiwanese tennis player Hsieh Su-wei’s (???) historic run at the Australian Open came to an end when she was beaten in straight sets by 2019 champion Naomi Osaka in Melbourne Tuesday.Hsieh is the first female player from Taiwan to reach a women’…