All posts tagged "boxing"
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 8
The U.S women’s volleyball team triumphs in an Olympic final for the first time, after finishing as the runner-up on three...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 6
Mexico jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 22nd minute and held on for a 3-1 victory over Japan in...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 5
Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have been performing super (and super-human) athletic feats, even as COVID-19 and other controversies swirl. With...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 4
Wrestler Yukako Kawai triumphs in the women’s freestyle 62-kg final, winning the same division that her older sister Risako did at...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoBOXING | Sena Irie Captures Women’s Featherweight Gold Medal
The 20-year-old Tottori Prefecture native becomes Japan’s first female Olympic boxing medalist.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoBOXING | Japan’s Tsukimi Namiki Triumphs over Colombian, Progresses to Medal Round
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are showing us more than ever the feats that can be achieved by young girls who dare...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for July 31
Hideki Matsuyama is one stroke off the pace entering the final round of the men’s golf tournament at Kasumigaseki Country Club.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for July 29
Badminton standouts Akane Yamaguchi and Nozomi Okuhara advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals, keeping their title hopes alive for another day.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Gymnastics Legend Kohei Uchimura Fails to Qualify for Horizontal Bar Final
"I have experienced the low of lows when I wasn't doing well. So I am not as disappointed as I expected."...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Gymnastics Legend Kohei Uchimura Fails to Qualify for Horizontal Bar Final
~~ Legendary gymnast Kohei Uchimura didn’t qualify for the men’s horizontal bar final in his final Olympics on Saturday, July 24....
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoBOXING | Japanese Welterweight Sewon Okazawa Aiming to Bring Hope to a Region Devastated by Torrential Rains
~~ Japanese welterweight Sewon Okazawa would love nothing more than to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and bring...
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Boxing
/ 4 years agoNaoya Inoue Defends World Titles With Third-Round Knockout
~~ Naoya “Monster” Inoue lived up to his reputation as one of the world’s premier pound-for-pound fighters in Las Vegas on...
