Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights, men's football: Brazil beats Germany 4-2

Richarlison scores a hat-trick as Brazil gets the better of Germany

10:23 AM

LIVE UPDATES: Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony director fired for a Holocaust joke

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

 

Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said opening ceremony director Kentaro Kobayashi has been dismissed. He was accused of using a joke about the Holocaust in his comedy act, including the phrase Let's play Holocaust, in one of his shows.

 

His dismissal comes the day before Friday's opening ceremony of the pandemic-delayed Games.

 

Earlier this week, a composer whose music is expected to be used at the opening ceremony was forced to resign because of past bullying of his classmates, which he boasted about in magazine interviews.

Kentaro Kobayashi, a key director of Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee dismissed the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday, July 22, 2021. (AP Photo)

9:36 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates: Tennis draw is out

Djokovic and Osaka find out first opponents
 

The draw for the tennis tournaments has been out, with Novak Djokovic and Naomi OSAKA finding out who they will play first.

 

Djokovic has won the year's first three majors slams.

 

Djokovic faces Hugo Dellien (BOL) first while Osaka will play ZHENG Saisai (CHN).

 

Meanwhile, defending men's singles champion Andy Murray (GBR) has a tough draw against ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN).

Novak Djokovic

 

9:32 AM

Olympics 2021 live updates: Mexico vs Japan Softball match.

Mexicovs Japan match is underway.

 

Mexico: Sydney Romero (DP), Nicole Rangel (CF), Chelsea Gonzales (2B), Brittany Cervantes (C), Suzzanah Brookshire (RF), Victoria Vidales (1B), Anissa Urtez (SS), Amanda Sánchez (3B), Tatyana Forbes (LF), Danielle O'Toole (SP)

 

Japan: HARADA Nodoka (RF), ICHIGUCHI Yuka (2B), NAITO Minori (1B), YAMAMOTO Yu (3B), YAMAZAKI Saki (LF), FUJITA Yamato (DP), YAMADA Eri (captain, CF), AGATSUMA Haruka (C), ATSUMI Mana (SS), UENO Yukiko (SP)

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9:22 AM

Tokyo Olympics 2021 live updates

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