Goalkeeper established at international level aged 21Olympic squad confident going into Australia quarter-finalTeam GB’s goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck has said she needed to be “patient” to earn the No 1 shirt as an international, after conceding her first …
Primož Roglič falls and gets back up again
Primož Roglič, Slovenian cyclist who “used to be nobody”, dropped out of this year’s Tour de France after being injured in a crash. After his compatriot and rival Tadej Pogačar won the bronze medal in Men’s Road Race in Tokyo, and Roglič was left far b…
ITV ad revenues rebound on back of Euro 2020 and easing of Covid controls
Broadcaster reports largest June advertising revenues in its 66-year historyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageITV said it has put the worst of the coronavirus pandemic behind it, after the Euro 2020 football tournament and the…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: men’s all-around gymnastics, dressage, Biles latest and more – live!
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageBiles withdraws from Tokyo Olympics all-around gymnastics finalSign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefingEmail Simon or tweet him @Simon_Burnton 12.04pm BST Swimming: Next up are heats for th…
Simone Biles exits women’s Olympic team gymnastics final over mental health concern
Four-time champion: ‘There’s more to life than gymnastics’American pulls out after vault early in Tuesday’s competition The American gymnast Simone Biles, the biggest star at the Tokyo Olympics and the greatest athlete in the sport’s history, last nigh…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic softball final: Japan and USA go for gold – live!
Follow the latest news and score from Yokohama StadiumEmail Hunter with your thoughts or tweet @HunterFelt 1.27pm BST Japan 2-0 USA, top 5thAbbott comes in and throws a wild pitch that puts Yamamoto Yu on second. Considering how tight these contests ha…
Tokyo Olympics live updates: swimming gold for Australia’s McKeown and one-two finish for Team GB; women’s triathlon win for Bermuda
Live updates from day four’s Games action in TokyoGames schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageSign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefingAny thoughts? You can email Emma | tweet @emmavkemp 6.45am BST Medina surfs his eighth wave of this…
Naomi Osaka stunned as face of Tokyo Games knocked out of Olympic tennis
Japanese beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Markéta VondroušováWorld No 2 was highest ranked player left in women’s drawNaomi Osaka will not win an Olympic medal on home soil in Japan after she was upset in the third round of the Tokyo Games by Markéta Vondroušová of …
‘A lesson in loss, humility and absurdity’: how rhythmic gymnastics took over my childhood
When I was six, a chance encounter with rhythmic gymnastics – all ribbons, sequins and smiles – opened up a sublime, sometimes cruel new world. By 12, I had quit. What had it all meant?Every four years, the same argument plays out. The Olympics reminds…