Social media lit up and Google searches soared when the men’s qualifying rounds unveiled the explosive attraction of combined sport climbingFor most people watching the debut of sport climbing at the Tokyo Olympics, their knowledge of the sport was pro…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: GB sailing gold, world record for Sydney McLaughlin and more – live!
Sky Brown becomes GB’s youngest medallist with bronzeTrack designer reveals boost from surface as records fallGames schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageEmail Geoff, tweet him or comment below the line 10.25am BST Basketball: Another women’s…
Heyhoe Flint Gate at Lord’s is a fitting tribute to the first lady of English cricket | Emma John
Next summer the home of cricket will pay permanent homage to the woman who opened up an all but exclusively male game to the other half of the populationSometimes you just have to go with the grand gesture. On Wednesday morning Marylebone Cricket Club …
Sky Brown, 13, becomes Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist with skateboard bronze
Teenager makes history as Sakura Yosozumi claims goldHiraki Kokona, aged 12, wins silver in Japanese one-twoAt half-past 10 on Wednesday morning, Sky Brown, 13 years and 28 days old, tipped forward on her board and dropped into the scalded concrete bow…
Alice Dearing makes history but Team GB’s first female black swimmer leaves ‘broken’
Dearing finishes 19th in women’s 10km marathon swim‘I know I can do better,’ says devastated 24-year-oldBy diving out into the toasty waters of the handsome Odaiba Bay early on a humid Wednesday morning in Tokyo, Alice Dearing had already made history….
The greatest race ever part II: Sydney McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles gold in world record time
Dalilah Muhammad takes silver and Femke Bol bronzeMcLaughlin’s time of 51.46 crushes her own world recordAnother day. Another extraordinary 400m hurdles final. Another dizzying world record. And another urgent question: was this the greatest ever track…
Britain’s reign as Olympic hockey champions ends in brutal loss to Netherlands
Women’s hockey semi-final: Netherlands 5-1 Great BritainTwo Dutch goals in space of a minute break GBHockey at these Games is played at the Oi Stadium, and if that sounds impertinent it has nothing on the impudent, insolent and downright rude manner in…
Tokyo Olympics 2020 gymnastics: Simone Biles takes bronze in women’s beam final – live!
US gymnast returns for beam final after stepping awayTokyo day 11 live: cycling, athletics and more!Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageTweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him 10.59am BST Simone Biles’ seventh Olympic medal puts her…
Tokyo 2020: GB sailing golds, cycling, Warholm breaks world record and more – live!
Simone Biles takes bronze in balance beam finalGames schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageEmail Geoff, tweet or comment below the line 11.03am BST Boxing: Australia’s Harry Garside wins through to a lightweight semi-final too, beating Kazakh…
Laura and Jason Kenny win silver medals in Olympic team cycling finals
Sprinter Jason Kenny becomes most decorated GB OlympianLaura Kenny and British pursuit team beaten by GermanyLaura Kenny and Great Britain’s women’s team pursuit squad had to settle for silver as Germany won gold in a world record time Her husband, Jas…