The greatest gymnast in history opened up about her mental health issues in Tokyo – and collected a bronze medalAs Simone Biles entered the Ariake Gymnastics Centre for the women’s team final at the Tokyo Olympics, the eyes of the sporting world slowly…
The alternative 2021 sports awards: quotes, gaffes and animal cameos
The best and worst of 2021 – featuring the culture war, dogs and a phenomenal third legLee Anderson MP, shrugging off the critics in July after his boycott of England didn’t catch on. Anderson, who called players taking the knee at the Euros “an attack…
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021 – live updates!
Emma Raducanu is big favourite on six-person shortlistAnti-Spoty awards 2021: Murphy, Erasmus and moreGet in touch: email Simon or tweet @Simon_BurntonWe kid, obviously. There are other contenders for the Emma Raducanu of the Year award, and they are: …
Boxing and weightlifting risk being dropped from Olympics after scandals
IOC’s president says scandal-hit sports under threat from 2028Thomas Bach says they must follow ‘pathway’ to be includedWeightlifting and boxing are the “two problem childs” of the Olympic movement and they remain at risk of being removed from the 2028…
Peng Shuai backlash leaves IOC facing familiar criticism over human rights
Analysis: Olympic committee is accused of engaging in a ‘publicity stunt’ by taking part in video callAs human rights organisations and the world’s media questioned the whereabouts of the Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, the International Olympic Comm…
‘We were crazy kids just jumping on everything’: gymnast twins Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova
They were only 16 when they won medals at the Tokyo Olympics. So how are the high-flying sisters balancing stardom and schoolwork?Early on a Friday morning in a large, open gymnasium in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova are stan…
Doubts on legacy and cost concerns hang over Tokyo Olympic Games | Justin McCurry
The full financial impact is yet to be determined but there is loose consensus in Japan over the ‘coercive’ approach of IOCThe public square outside Shimbashi station, the scene of anti-Olympic protests this summer, has resumed its usual role as an aft…
How to cycle faster, swim better and conquer pre-race nerves – with advice from Team GB
From Chris Hoy to Ellen White, British Olympians tell you how to up your sporting gameKeely Hodgkinson, 800m silver medallist at Tokyo 2020There is no magic way to get faster at running but there are a few things that beginners can do. The first is not…
Judges ‘used signals’ to fix Olympic boxing bouts, McLaren report finds
Culture of ‘favours’ saw incorruptible officials driven outAiba president Wu Ching-kuo let ‘manipulation flourish’A damning investigation into boxing at the Rio 2016 Olympics has found widespread evidence of “corruption, bribery and the manipulation of…
Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleads guilty to 6 January riot felony
Keller wore his Team USA jacket when he entered the Capitol building where he shouted vulgarities at Democratic party leadersKlete Keller, a former Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals for the United States, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a felony c…