USA Gymnastics confirms Biles will compete in beam finalAmerican star withdrew from team final due to mental healthSimone Biles will compete again at the Tokyo Olympics. The six-time Olympic medallist will contest the balance beam final on Tuesday, the…
NBC paid $7.75bn for its Olympic rights … and we got televisual vomit
US viewers have been able to see everything at any given moment while understanding fundamentally nothing about what’s going onIf there’s one message the Olympics unfailingly conveys, it’s that elite competition is all about making the right choices. A…
India must fix their misfiring top order to trouble England on home turf | Anand Vasu
A lack of big scores from Kohli, Rahane and Pujara is worrying the tourists as they prepare to begin five-Test series in EnglandThe batsman who fancies himself as the best in the business and one of the greatest of all time has not scored a century in …
Belarus sprinter safe and under Tokyo police protection after refusing to go home
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya spends night at airport hotel200m runner feared for her safety after criticism of team officialsThe Belarus athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who alleges she was taken against her will by team officials to Tokyo airport, is being…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: athletics, hockey, cycling, weightlifting and more – live!
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageSign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefingMarcell Jacobs becomes new 100m king with glory for ItalyEmail Scott, tweet or comment below the line 5.12am BST Women’s hockey quarter-finals: it’s …
Fiji’s emergency Covid-19 hotline fell silent during the rugby sevens final: we really needed this win | Sheldon Chanel
The men’s gold and women’s bronze medals meant everything to Fiji, which has the highest per-capita Covid infection rate in the worldWhen the Fijian men’s sevens team beat New Zealand to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, the entire nation ce…
Russell Martin leaves MK Dons to become new Swansea City manager
The former Scotland international signs three-year deal‘He very much fits the profile of a young and hungry coach’Russell Martin has been appointed Swansea’s new manager on a three-year deal.The former Scotland international moves to the Liberty Stadiu…
Belarusian sprinter who criticised coaches refuses to be sent home
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya seeks police protection at Tokyo airport and asks IOC to interveneThe Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to intercede after claiming her criticisms of the national…
Raven Saunders throws up X on podium to represent where the ‘oppressed meet’
American pays tribute to black and LGBT communities Silver medalist has spoken of struggles with mental healthRaven Saunders took silver in the shot put on Sunday and later made the first podium protest of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Saunders, who is blac…
Lewis Hamilton fears he has long Covid after Hungarian GP exhaustion
F1 world champion says he has not fully recovered from virus‘Everything got blurry on the podium,’ he said post-raceLewis Hamilton believes he may still have not fully recovered from contracting Covid-19 after he experienced fatigue and dizziness at th…