UK Sport’s Sally Munday counters claims of misogyny in the organisation’s support for female competitors, while Ann Deary Francis and Aaron Nelson say cricket’s new Hundred format has boosted the women’s gameUK Sport has a strong, proven and ongoing co…
Tokyo 2020 played out in empty arenas but bound eight billion people together | Andy Bull
Japan spent $12bn on an Olympic party no one could attend yet a shared message of overcoming hardship resonated worldwideSo how was it for you? Whether you loved or hated them, you have to admit these Olympic Games were a crazy proposition. With 206 co…
Tokyo says goodbye to the Games with grace and sense of relief | Barney Ronay
Japan’s Olympics has been troubled but quietly glorious, reminding us the world can be funFarewell then, Tokyo 2020. On a sweltering night at the Olympic Stadium, Japan said goodbye to its troubled, quietly glorious Games with a closing ceremony that w…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics briefing: farewell and arigato to Japan
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: a dominant marathon display from Eliud Kipchoge, final day gold success for Team GB and for Ireland, the USA’s climb to the top of the medal table, and a closing ceremony that s…
Training for Tokyo: how athletes prepared and how they did – in pictures
How Olympians trained for the Olympic Games under the strain of lockdown and how that planning paid off Continue reading…
Velodrome domination slips away but Kennys remain Team GB’s golden couple | William Fotheringham
Britain did not dominate Tokyo on two wheels as they once did but there is plenty of emerging talent to be excited aboutThis was never going to be an Olympic Games quite like any other. The bike racing in Tokyo reflected that, and within that bubble so…
Team GB chief hails ‘greatest achievement in British Olympic history’
Mark England says fact team’s competitors delivered 65 medals in Tokyo ‘absolutely extraordinary’Team GB’s trailblazing performance in Tokyo has been hailed as “the greatest achievement in British Olympic history” after the young team matched the tally…
Volleyball gold edges USA past China on final Tokyo Olympics medal table
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…
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…
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…