Helen Glover is given an emotional homecoming welcome by her children at the airport following return from Tokyo as she embraces them after agonisingly missing out on a medal in the women’s coxless pairs Helen Glover missed out on a podium place at the Olympics in coxless pairs She received a warm welcome home by … Read more
Britain’s footballers want to ensure everyone knows their names by the time they leave Japan. Team GB take on Australia in the quarter-final on Friday, but stars Rachel Daly and Kim Little hit out before the fixture after the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), who provided the feed for Eurosport, made a number of errors while … Read more
Whale-watchers off the coast of Japan could scarcely believe their eyes after catching sight of two rare white orcas swimming together as part of the same pod. The orcas were spotted during a whale-watching tour on July 24 in the Kunashirskiy Strait, a 20-mile stretch of water between the northern islands of Hokkaido and Kunashir. … Read more
Tiny car meet Tiny BUS! Social media goes crazy for Tokyo Games’ match ball delivery in opening Rugby 7s match… as catapult ‘converts’ through mini posts on its roof to go one better than Euro 2020 version By Nathan Salt For Mailonline Published: 20:44 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 02:14 EDT, 26 July 2021 … Read more
Great Britain claim their first medal of the Tokyo Olympics as Chelsie Giles takes bronze in the judo after seeing off Switzerland’s Fabienne Kocher By Kieran Lynch For Mailonline Published: 06:02 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 06:26 EDT, 25 July 2021 Chelsie Giles claimed Team GB‘s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics after she took bronze … Read more
Team GB book their place in the women’s football quarter-finals at Tokyo Olympics as unstoppable Ellen White nods home her third goal in two games to down hosts Japan in tight Group E encounter By Mike Keegan For Mailonline Published: 08:23 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 10:53 EDT, 24 July 2021 For long periods … Read more
Johanna Griggs busts out in daring dress as she hosts Channel Seven’s Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony commentary – and viewers spot the former swimmer making an amusing mistake By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:53 EDT, 23 July 2021 | Updated: 08:00 EDT, 23 July 2021 It may be the first night of … Read more
Britain will sail an aircraft carrier taskforce through disputed international waters in the South China Sea in a direct challenge to Beijing, the Defence Secretary has revealed. Ben Wallace confirmed that HMS Queen Elizabeth and her escort fleet will transit international waters claimed by China next month, saying Britain had a had a ‘duty’ to insist … Read more
South Korean president scraps Tokyo Olympics visit after Japanese diplomat describes his attempts to improve countries’ relations as ‘masturbating’ By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 01:41 BST, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 01:41 BST, 20 July 2021 South Korea‘s President has scrapped plans to visit Japan for the upcoming Olympics after a diplomat described his … Read more
Chinese officials have reposted a video calling on Japan to be relentlessly nuked if it intervenes militarily in Taiwan. The footage – originally created by a military comment channel on Xigua, China‘s equivalent of YouTube – calls for Japan to be bombed into submission if it sends ‘even one troop’ into Taiwan. It was first posted … Read more