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Panasonic aims to reach younger US audience with champions for noble causes including Ledecky and Phelps

  • Olympics

Finding athletes who embody both meanings of the word "champion" was high on Panasonic North America's list of priorities when choosing ambassadors for is Tokyo 2020 campaign.

Kosugi, but awareness of Panasonic is lower in these groups now that 95 per cent of its business in the United

States in conducted business-to-business.That is how Team Panasonic, boasting Michael Phelps - the most


Palanti and Cesana seize ILCA 6 Youth World Championships leads

  • Sailing

Czech sailor Alessia Palanti has taken over as girls' leader at the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) 6 Youth World Championships on Lake Garda.

race one and is fifth on 33 points, with Swiss Anja Von Allmen third on 24 and Amaya Escudero from the United

States fourth with 29.In the boys' contest there is a home leader, with Italian Mattia Cesana - who


Sofia ready for second IMMAF Youth MMA World Championships

  • Mixed Martial Arts

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth MMA World Championships begin tomorrow in Sofia - the second edition of the tournament for athletes aged 12 to 17.

Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and the United

States are all set to compete.



ROC team beats France to earn Olympic women's team foil gold

  • Fencing

The team representing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) defeated France 45-34 here tonight to claim the women's foil team gold.

team - beaten 45-43 by France in the semi-finals - earned bronze with a comprehensive 45-23 win over a United

States team containing the new individual women’s foil champion, Lee Kiefer.Due to event rotation, this


Lee succeeds Biles as Olympic champion with all-around triumph at Tokyo 2020

  • Gymnastics

Sunisa Lee emulated absent team mate Simone Biles as she dazzled her way to the Olympic women's all-around title by edging out Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in a spectacular final at Tokyo 2020 here tonight.

a nerveless floor routine in the last rotation to pile the pressure on Andrade.Lee, a member of the United

States squad which claimed a dominant team gold at the 2019 World Championships, ended the competition


Wolf wins epic as Hamada shines on another golden day for Japan in judo

  • Judo

Aaron Wolf and Shori Hamada added their names to a long list of Japanese Olympic judo champions after delivering more home success at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

from an epic men’s under-100kg showdown with Cho Gu-ham of South Korea.Wolf, whose father is from the United

States, secured Japan’s first Olympic gold in the division since Kosei Inoue triumphed at Sydney 2000


International Fair Play Committee launches Tokyo 2020 awards

  • Tokyo 2020

The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) has called for nominations for Tokyo 2020 Fair Play Awards.

received for a Fair Play Award at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin, left, and the United

States’ Abbey D’Agostino received the award at Rio 2016 ©Getty ImagesIndividual prizes were awarded


Women's 3x3 basketball team

  • Russian Summer Olympic Athletes

The Russian women’s 3x3 basketball team, consisting of Evgeniia Frolkina, Olga Frolkina, Yulia Kozik and Anastasiia Logunova, won a silver medal as the discipline made its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Russian team fought hard before being defeated 18-15 by red-hot favourites the United States, whose





IOC urged to suspend medal from Iranian accused of being part of terrorist group

  • Olympics

A campaign group in Iran has called for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend the Olympic shooting gold medal awarded to Javad Foroughi after claiming he is part of a "terrorist organisation".

United for Navid, set up after the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari and which has frequently

is "a current and long-term member" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force, which the United

States has designated as a terrorist organisation.It warned the IOC was "complicit in promoting terrorism

United For Navid calls for an immediate investigation by the IOC, and until an investigation is completed

@iocmedia @olympic@ISSF_Shooting @USAGov pic.twitter.com/5VYQyJEg5r— UNITED FOR NAVID (@UnitedForNavid