Americans end 2020 Games with 39 golds, one ahead of ChinaHosts Japan finish third with Team GB in fourth placeTeam USA also top table for most overall medals, with 113View the final Tokyo 2020 medal table hereTeam USA maintained their traditional plac…
Can Springboks ever get beyond their ends-justify-the-means approach? | Gerard Meagher
For their benefit, and for rugby union, it feels almost incumbent on South Africa to find a more expansive way to playOne of the more amusing moments of this British & Irish Lions tour came on the eve of the third Test, when a South American journa…
Team GB’s successes can give us insight into the country’s economy
There are lessons to be learned from how and why GB Olympians have gone from under-performer to globally competitive in 25 yearsForget the feelgood factor. The warm glow generated by Team GB winning gold for three-day eventing or the modern pentathlon …
Tokyo Olympics 2020: final day – in pictures
The best images from the final day of action in Tokyo, including cycling, volleyball and waterpolo Continue reading…
Tories ‘squandering Olympic legacy’ as school PE declines
Sport England reveals that in some regions a third of children are active for less than 30 minutes a daySuccessive Tory-led governments have been accused of squandering the sporting legacy left by the 2012 Olympics in London, amid evidence that falling…
Lauren Price strikes boxing gold to win Britain’s final medal of Tokyo Games
Price beats Li Qian for GB’s second boxing gold of Olympics‘I am just over the moon, dream come true,’ says WelshwomanAs the unanimous judges’ decision was announced in her favour, exactly as she and everyone else knew it would be, Lauren Price used he…
Pride and anxiety mingle in Japan as Olympic medal tally and Covid cases rise
Outdoor events have drawn huge turnouts in Tokyo despite public concern over coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan broke two records last week. On Thursday, the day its athletes took their medal haul to a level no…
Jason Kenny’s seventh gold makes him most decorated GB Olympian
Cycling great defends men’s keirin gold at Tokyo 2020Kenny also becomes first Briton to win nine Olympic medalsJason Kenny has become Britain’s most decorated Olympian after winning gold in the men’s keirin at Tokyo 2020, a victory that has put on hold…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s basketball final: USA v Japan – live!
Americans hoping to beat hosts for seventh consecutive goldGames schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageEmail Beau with your thoughts or tweet @duresport 3.31am BST Speaking of height-related things, the USA will have a rather substantial adva…
Neeraj Chopra’s javelin gold medal seals India’s greatest ever Olympics
Army officer wins nation’s first athletics gold to spark celebrations and a resurgence of pride amid the ravages of CovidArmy officer Neeraj Chopra has achieved Indian sporting immortality after winning the country’s first ever athletics gold medal wit…