Shoot-off sensation Khairul Anuar storms into third round

TOKYO: National archer Khairul Anuar Mohamad was the coolest man in the heat of battle here when he won the one-arrow shoot-off twice with perfect 10s to march into the third round of the men’s recurve individual event at the Tokyo Olympics today. The 29-year-old, who is ranked 15th in the world, found himself staring […]

Chinese shooter Yang Qian wins first gold of Tokyo 2020 in women’s 10m air rifle

TOKYO: Chinese young gun Yang Qian claimed the first gold of the Tokyo Olympics with a victory in women’s 10m air rifle here on Saturday. Russian markswoman Anastasiia Galashina took the silver and Nina Christen of Switzerland bagged the bronze. Yang, who was ranked sixth in the qualification, scored 251.8 points in the final, beating […]

Tokyo enters fourth Covid-19 emergency, covering Olympics period

TOKYO: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government put Tokyo under its fourth Covid-19 state of emergency on Monday in an effort to contain a resurgence in coronavirus infections. With the measure, to last until August 22, a period that will cover the duration of the Tokyo Olympics, the government aims to curb the movements of people […]