Azerbaijani karate fighter Rafael Aghayev has won a silver medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He lost to Italian Luigi Busa in the men`s kumite -75kg gold medal bout. Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency
Georgian weightlifter Talakhadze breaks world record at Tokyo Olympics
Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze set a new snatch world record of 223 kilograms in the men’s over-109kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, Xinhua reports. The defending champion beat his own record by one kilogram. Talakhadze has a commanding lead of 23 kilograms at the halfway point of the competition with Ali Davoudi of […]
Azerbaijani who is representing Ukraine at the Olympics won a silver medal
Azerbaijani wrestler Parviz Nasibov who is representing Ukraine has reached the final of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, Apasport.az reports. The decisive opponent of the 23-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler representing the Ukrainian national team at the Olympics in the weight category of 67 kg was Iranian Gerai Mohammad Reza. Parviz Nasibov, who lost […]
Spain to take on Brazil in men’s football final in Tokyo Olympics
Spain advanced to the men’s football final at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Japan 1-0 in the semifinals on Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency. Marco Asensio’s extra-time goal sealed the victory for Spain at Saitama Stadium. In another semifinal clash, Brazil beat Mexico 4-1 on penalties, earning a place in the final after the match […]
Tokyo Olympics see 1st cluster of COVID-19 infections
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Wednesday five confirmed COVID-19 cases among the Greek artistic swimming team are the first cluster of infections in the athletes’ village, according to Kyodo News. “I have to say it is a cluster,” a spokesman for the organizing committee, Masanori Takaya, said after it reported 29 more COVID-19 cases […]
18 new Covid cases detected at Tokyo Olympics
At least 18 people involved in the Tokyo Olympics tested positive for Covid in the past 24 hours, the Organizational Committee said on its website Tuesday, APA reports citing TASS. One patient is a Greek artistic swimmer; she has been quarantined, the Committee says. The total case count among people involved in the […]