Tag: tokyo
over 2 years ago
thestar.com

Canadian wheelchair basketball star Patrick Anderson is back from retirement, and from the never-...

“It’s been 500-or-something days since we played a game,” the 42-year-old says. “We’re ready for the games.”

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Ten passengers injured in knife rampage on packed Tokyo commuter train

A man ran amok with a knife on a train on the Odakyu Odawara Line in the western part of Japan's Tokyo on Friday, lea...

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almost 3 years ago
express.co.uk

Team GB secure double gold in sailing as Giles Scott pulls off epic comeback

Team GB picked up another two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday morning.

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Transgender Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard delivers a quietly dignified performanc...

The 43-year-old lifter from New Zealand was eliminated in the first round in Tokyo, likely a relief to critics of the...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Why are female Olympians still dressed to thrill?

Why do the female artistic swimmers have to wear lipstick and high-cut glam swimsuits? Why are the Olympic beach voll...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Maude Charron lifted the bar for Olympic gold and felt the weight of her moment

“It’s a medal for weightlifting in Canada that was due to us since Christine Girard,” Charron said after the win in T...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Canadian soccer women are hoping to move on from the bronze age in Tokyo

No. 8 Canada starts campaign for gold against No. 10 Japan on Wednesday.

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | What if Tokyo threw a party and nobody came? Let the Games begin

The Olympics will open in Tokyo on July 23, and it’s still not clear why. I sometimes think grave moral doubts are an...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | So why are the Tokyo Olympics still going ahead? It’s about the human spirit, just not ...

It was year ago that Canadian IOC member Dick Pound assured athletes to “be sure that the IOC is not going to send yo...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

How childhood friends Sean McColl and Alannah Yip climbed their way to Tokyo Olympics

“It is something I’ve dreamed about my whole life.” McColl and Yip will represent Canada as sport climbing debuts at ...

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over 5 years ago
abcnews.go.com

An American college student has been detained in Tokyo for nearly 9 months

American citizen Julian Adame spoke to ABC News at the Tokyo Detention House where he's been detained for nearly nine...

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