A flag bearer representing Tonga has sparked reactions of delight and surprise on social media during his appearance at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 opening ceremony. Pita Taufatofua and his well-oiled ...

Eddy Alvarez, the American baseball player and former speed skater who won an Olympic medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, joins women's basketball player Sue Bird, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, as ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - At 79, Tadamasa Fukiura has never lost his boyhood love of flags. But now the man in charge of supplying more than 10,000 of them for Tokyo's 2020 Olympics has a flag obsession of a ...

WASHINGTON — Seattle Storm star Sue Bird and Miami Marlins baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been selected to be the flag bearers for the United States during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo ...

The Olympic Games have officially begun. On Friday, the Opening Ceremony kicked off the 2020 Tokyo Games in style, with dazzling fireworks displays, jaw-dropping performances and breathtaking costumes ...

Syria’s flag bearers Hend Zaza (L) and Ahmad Saber Hamcho lead their delegation as they parade during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23 ...

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The flag of Afghanistan will be used as a symbol of “solidarity and peace” as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games kicks off on Tuesday night in Japan. The 16th Summer Paralympics – delayed by a year due ...

(Tokyo – July 21, 2021) Four-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez, a 2014 Olympic silver medalist in speedskating, were selected as Team USA’s flag bearers for the ...