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Top 10 News / July 28, 2021 July 28, 2021 / 1 minute of reading
Tatjana Schoenmaker and Bianca Buitendag both won silver on day four of the Olympics to claim South Africa’s first medals of Tokyo 2020. Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla was at the centre of controversy in the boxing ring as he attempted to bite his opponent from New Zealand. In the women’s football Zambia’s Copper Queens lost 1-0 to Brazil in their final group to crash out of the tournament. There was real disappointment for Tunisia’s 400m freestyle Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui as he failed to reach the final of his preferred event the 800m freestyle. In rugby, Kenya lost all three of their Pool C matches as they were beaten 12-7 by Ireland on Tuesday. The Kenyans then beat hosts Japan 21-7 in the play-offs for 9th to 12th places. As the taekwondo ended in Tokyo Ivory Coast’s Aminata Traore missed out on a bronze in the women’s +67kg category as she lost to France’s Althea Laurin. Nigeria wom
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