Russia was banned from the Tokyo Olympics in December 2019 after the notorious doping scandal, which rocked the sporting world. The initial ban of four years was reduced to two years in 2020, it still ensured no official Russian team present at the Olympic Games in Japan or the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Nonetheless, Russian athletes are still at […]

SAITAMA, Japan — Nicolas Batum felt a pressure he’d never experienced with the French national team. He has won a European title and a pair of Basketball World Cup bronze medals. But even though France had been one of the best teams in the world over the last decade, it kept getting tripped up in the Olympic quarterfinals. When the […]

Designer behind Tokyo’s running track admits it IS making athletes ‘one or two per cent faster’ as Olympic and world records tumble – because new rubber granules are creating ‘pockets of air’ and a ‘trampoline effect’ Designer behind Olympic Stadium running track says it is helping break records Running track is generating ‘one or two per cent’ improvements in performances […]

The Jamaican sprinter and her Olympic-record time captured everyone’s attention. What’s under foot, though, might have been a factor when Elaine Thompson-Herah broke a 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters. It’s shaping up as a fast track surface at Olympic StadiumRunners are certainly on track to setting personal, Olympic and possibly even world-record times over the next week […]

PAT McCORMACK suffered a convincing defeat in his Olympic welterweight final – to take the shine off a record-breaking day for Britain’s boxers. The Sunderland slugger had been the top seed but he was outclassed by Cuban Roniel Iglesias, the London 2012 gold medallist, who won by unanimous decision. McCormack, 26, was floored by a left hook in the second […]

THE wife of golfer Rory Sabbatini has hit back at critics of her husband after controversy arose about his tattoo. Sabbatini, 45, took silver at Tokyo 2020 earlier this week after a sensational final round of 61 earned him an Olympic medal. But it was his 'LLL' tattoo which grabbed more headlines in the aftermath of his impressive display. That […]

Great Britain’s Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell have won gold in the 49er men’s race at the Enoshima harbour. The British pair crossed the line in front of Germany by a distance of just centimetres to secure the gold medal and edge New Zealand into silver medal position, with Germany taking the bronze. The duo went into the final medal […]

ENOSHIMA, Japan – Singapore pair Kimberly Lim and Cecilia Low finished 10th in the 49er FX medal race at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Tuesday morning (Aug 3), out of 21 overall in the event. This is the Republic’s highest finish in the sport at the Olympic Games. Lim and Low had already made history by becoming the country’s first […]

On Monday, gymnastics event finals started up again at the Tokyo Olympics with men’s vault and rings and women’s floor. After a stunning floor performance, American Jade Carey became an Olympic champion. Tuesday morning will mark the last time we get to watch our favorite gymnasts compete at the Tokyo Olympics. The final day of gymnastics event finals promises to […]

Related video: Tom Daley gives tour of Tokyo 2020 Olympic village British Olympian Tom Bosworth has complained about the quality of the food being offered to athletes at the Tokyo Games, describing it as “cold slop”. In now deleted tweets reported by The Guardian, the race walker referred to the catering quality as “like a prison” and claimed the canteen […]