‘Money Heist finale’: Did Tokyo really die or will she return with a twist in series?
Let’s just agree Tokyo left us in shock and tears with her unexpected sacrifice in Money Heist for which no one was ready. As today ‘La Casa De Papel’ aka Money Heist’s Professor and his team will undergo a spine-chilling
Paralympian Haider Ali wins first-ever gold for Pakistan
TOKYO: Paralympian Haider Ali has brought laurels for this country after he won the first-ever gold medal for Pakistan in the Paralympics. He topped the podium in the discus throw event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Haider threw a 55.26
From Tokyo to Islamabad
Thank God, the Tokyo Olympics are over. The world may have enjoyed for 16 days but for us, every day was nothing but a moment of shame. Talha Talib and Arshad Nadeem gave a few moments of joy, but in
Olympics performance
Pakistan ended the Tokyo Olympics with a dismal performance after its athletes failed to win a single medal. None of the athletes managed to reach the podium and prolonged the nation’s chance to gain glory at the global sporting event.
‘I’ve won an Olympic gold after Bolt’: Italian sprinter becomes fastest man
TOKYO: Lamont Marcell Jacobs won the most coveted crown in athletics on Sunday, giving Italy its first 100 metres gold. Jacobs stormed to the first Olympic title of the post-Usain Bolt era. His European record 9.80 second run ended Fred
Tokyo Olympics: Jamaica sweep 100m podium as Thompson-Herah makes record
TOKYO: Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah blazed to 100 metres gold on Saturday, becoming the fastest woman alive as she denied compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce a third Olympic title. Thompson-Herah led a Jamaican 100m podium sweep with Shericka Jackson in third. The
Olympics athletes allowed to remove masks during podium moment
TOKYO: Athletes must wear masks at all Tokyo Olympic Games venues including medal ceremonies, the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday, but under a new policy they are briefly allowed to remove them on the podium for a photo opportunity.
Algerian judo player suspended for withdrawing against Israeli opponent
TOKYO: The International Judo Federation suspended an Algerian judoka and his coach for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics before his event started, after the draw set him on course for a match against an Israeli. Fethi Nourine and his coach
Tennis star Osaka lights flame as COVID-hit Tokyo Olympics open
TOKYO: Japan’s global superstar Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity. Postponed by a year due to
Coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics torch relay begins
TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics torch relay kicked off on Thursday, a year late and without spectators, marking a major step towards the start of the games on July 23 this year. The rose-gold, cherry blossom-shaped Olympic torch was lit at
International spectators barred from Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO: International spectators will not be allowed to enter Japan for this summer’s Olympic Games amid public concerns over coronavirus, setting the stage for a drastically scaled-back event. Around 600,000 Olympic tickets purchased by overseas residents will be refunded, as
50-year-old man fools people as a young woman biker in Japan
Anything seems possible in the era of fast-paced technology after a popular Japanese ‘female’ motorbike rider turned out to be a 50-year-old man. Hailing from Tokyo, a man named Zonguu who uses the username ‘azusagakuyuki’ on Twitter had been gaining
Bach re-elected as IOC chief, promises ‘safe, secure’ Tokyo Olympics
GENEVA: International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach promised to deliver a “safe, secure” Tokyo Olympics this year as he was re-elected for a second term. As he opened the IOC Session, Bach said it was no longer a question of
Usman Khan aims to represent Pakistan in Tokyo Olympics
Usman Khan is the first Pakistani to qualify for Olympics in the equestrian category but needs support to represent his country in the event. Usman is ranked No 1 in Africa and Middle East Group ranking and No 2 in
Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes after outage debacle
TOKYO: The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) resumed normal trading on Friday, with the main index holding steady a day after the worst-ever outage brought the world’s third-largest equity market to a standstill. The glitch was the result of a hardware
Only one quarter of Japanese want Tokyo Olympics next year
TOKYO: A new poll shows that just one in four people in Japan want to see the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games held next year, with most backing either further delay or cancellation. Only 23.9 percent of respondents in the three-day nationwide
Tokyo Olympics would be cancelled if not held in 2021: IOC chief
LONDON: International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach has said the Tokyo Games would have to be scrapped if the event cannot be held next year due to the coronavirus crisis. In March, the IOC and Japanese government took the
Olympics will be cancelled if COVID-19 not over: Yoshiro Mori
OSAKA: Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori has expressed a concern that the delayed Olympics will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic is not contained by next year. The pandemic has already forced a year-long delay of the Games,
World’s oldest man dies in Japan at 112
TOKYO: A Japanese man recently named the world’s oldest living male has died aged 112. Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born on March 5, 1907 in Niigata, north of Tokyo, died on Sunday at his nursing home in the same prefecture.
Rouhani seeks support for Iran economy on Japan visit
TOKYO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sought economic support from Tokyo as he wrapped up his two-day visit to Japan on Saturday. Rouhani’s trip to Japan is the first by an Iranian head of state in two decades. This comes
Japanese PM opens Tokyo 2020 National Stadium
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hailed the completion of the National Stadium built for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Sunday. The stadium, built at a cost of 156.9 billion yen ($1.44 billion), will have a capacity of 68,000 when
Citizenship law: Japanese PM delays trip to India due to protests
NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has delayed his official trip to India which was scheduled on Sunday due to protests over a controversial citizenship law. Shinzo Abe canceled a trip to Assam that was scheduled for Sunday to