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The bronze that Argentina won 3-2 over Brazil hides history of fathers and sons marked by passion for the sport, but also a complicated reality in local volleyball.

Korda holds off surging opponents to win women’s individual stroke play tournament by one shot as storms subside.

Speaking to Around the Rings in Tokyo, the mayor of Paris stresses that the Games will transform the French capital with a depth similar to that of Barcelona in 1992.

The president himself admitted the doubts he had before the additions, but the passage of surfing, climbing, skateboarding and karate to Tokyo 2020 was as successful as it was promising, and contributed to adding joy to the Games. The mixed events were another success.

The French Games are preparing a French-language version of concepts like “start list,” the CEO of Paris 2024, Étienne Thobois, revealed during an interview with Around the Rings in Tokyo.

Tokyo 2020 is a Japanese “miracle”, Pound says in an interview with Around the Rings.

Hugo and Facundo Conte, father and son and a great story of success and passion in the sport of Argentina, will seek on Thursday to advance to the finals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

European Olympic organizing committees seek closer collaboration to achieve more sustainable, innovative and spectacular future Olympic and Paralympic Games

A beautiful old mansion is the refuge of the Italian delegation in the Japanese capital, which is living days of success and celebrations. Around the Rings toured the amazing “azzurro” meeting center.

It was an historic night for Italian sport, because only minutes before the “azzurri” had won gold in the high jump with Gianmarco Tamberi sharing the gold medal with Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim .

The Chilean-Cuban weightlifter Arley Mendez smoked marijuana to deliberately test positive in a control prior to the Games. After finishing last in his category, he exploded and confessed that he suffers from depression.

The newspaper, one of Japan’s two largest, took a position this weekend in its editorial pages on why it does not believe there is a link between the rise in covid-19 cases in the country and the Olympic Games. Around the Rings reproduces the English translation provided by the newspaper of its Japanese-language editorial.

The world number one player suffered three defeats between Friday and Saturday. After losing his two chances to fight for that Olympic gold he never won, he lost the dispute for the bronze in singles and gave up looking for it in the mixed doubles.

"What’s causing the most anxiety amongst Olympic athletes this year though is the fact that we’re still in the middle of a highly contagious and deadly pandemic. That somber opening ceremony in an empty stadium was unfortunately a sign of the times.”

The world tennis number two did not accept a question about state doping in his country, which leads Russia to participate in Tokyo 2020 under the acronym ROC.

Argentina defeated Great Britain 17-12 to win bronze.

Yiannis Exarchos, CEO of OBS, discusses the current state of Tokyo 2020 and the Olympics in an interview with Around the Rings. The lack of audience as the “saddest” thing, 8k, surfing, the gap between Río 2016 and Buenos Aires 2018 and what he would do working with North Korean TV

Argentina produced the shock of the round as they bested South Africa 19-14 despite playing most of the game with six men and even went down to five players in the closing seconds.