Our beach volleyball stars have their sights set on gold: Australia’s women’s team dominates China to set up quarter-final clash at the Tokyo Games Mariafe Artacho de Solar and Taliqua Clancy beat China in quarter finals The Australians fell behind 15-13 and then 16-14, before blunting the Chinese Australia has not won women’s beach volleyball … Read more
Emma Wilson claims BRONZE in the RS:X windsurfing despite racing into second position as France’s Charline Picon nudges ahead of her with China claiming the gold Emma Wilson has claimed bronze in the RS:X windsurfing on Saturday The 22-year-old entered the final in second position overall in Tokyo However, Charline Picon overtook her to nudge … Read more
British trampolining star Bryony Page settles for a bronze medal after Chinese duo seal top two podium places as the Team GB athlete wins back-to-back medals at the Games Byrony Page sealed a bronze medal in the women’s trampolining event She had soared up to top spot before Zhu Xueying leapfrogged her Liu Lingling … Read more
Superb Duncan Scott lands SILVER in the 200m individual medley after finishing 0.23 seconds off gold to earn his THIRD medal of the Tokyo Olympics already By David Coverdale For Mailonline Published: 22:42 EDT, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 23:16 EDT, 29 July 2021 Duncan Scott became the first British swimmer in 113 years to … Read more
Team GB’s Jack Laugher endures disastrous attempt to defend men’s synchronised 3m diving title after finishing seventh with partner Dan Goodfellow… as dominant China take gold ahead of USA and Germany By Dan Ripley for MailOnline Published: 02:58 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 03:06 EDT, 28 July 2021 Team GB laboured in a poor … Read more
The vanishing city! Dunhuang in China ‘disappears’ as it is swallowed by gigantic wall of sand more than 300 feet high The ancient city of Dunhuang was engulfed by an enormous wall of sand Sunday Footage shows high rise buildings disappearing beneath the cloud of dust Police were forced to shut down major roads and … Read more
Team GB’s men’s gymnastics team finish fourth at the Tokyo Olympics as Max Whitlock and Co just miss out on a bronze medal after being pipped to a podium place by China with Russia claiming gold Team GB have finished fourth in the men’s gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics Max Whitlock, Joe Fraser, James Hall … Read more
It’s a goal fest in Tokyo! Group F in women’s Olympic football is turning out to be a THRILLER as Brazil, China, Holland and Zambia net 32 goals in just FOUR matches By Kieran Lynch For Mailonline Published: 12:20 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 13:00 EDT, 24 July 2021 Group F in the women’s … Read more
China’s Yang Qian claims the FIRST gold medal of Tokyo Olympic Games after holding her nerve against Russia’s Anastasiia Galashina in the women’s 10-metre rifle competition By Reuters Published: 03:03 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 04:52 EDT, 24 July 2021 China‘s Yang Qian claimed the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday … Read more
Introducing animal genes into common crops has enabled scientists to massively increase their yield and make them more resistant to drought, according to a new study. A consortium of researchers from the US and China manipulated the ribonucleic acid, or RNA, of potato and rice plants by adding a gene called FTO. In humans, FTO has been … Read more