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…
Yulimar Rojas makes history for Venezuela with triple jump world record
Rojas wins first female Olympic gold medal for VenezuelaItaly’s Tamberi and Qatar’s Barshim share high jump goldYulimar Rojas became the first female Venezuelan Olympic gold medallist in stunning style as she shattered the 26-year-old women’s world tri…
Tokyo Olympics 2020: day nine – in pictures
The best images from the ninth day’s action in Tokyo, including athletics, boxing, gymnastics and table tennis Continue reading…
‘We are upset to come second’: how culture change lifted GB swimming | Andy Bull
In 2012 British swimmers were happy to come fifth or sixth but we are now third in the medal table with eight medalsJames Guy leant back against the wall, too tired to think, too tired to talk. Guy swam seven races in the past five days, the last of th…
Olympics: Marcell Jacobs becomes the new 100m king with glory for Italy
Silver for Fred Kerley and bronze for Andre De GrasseBritain’s Zharnel Hughes disqualified after false startThree weeks ago the sharpest casinos in Las Vegas, who know a thing or two about setting odds and plenty more besides, rated Marcell Jacobs as a…
Britain take leads into final day of Olympic team and individual eventing
Townend, Collett and McEwen well clear in team eventWorld No 1 Townend also leads individual competitionGreat Britain’s eventers will go for Olympic gold in team and individual competitions on Monday after a vintage collection of cross-country performa…
Max Whitlock retains his Olympic title with pommel horse gold for Team GB
• Whitlock holds nerve to win his sixth Olympic medal• Chinese Taipei’s Lee takes silver, Japan’s Kazuma bronzeMax Whitlock has remarkably defended his Olympic gold medal on the pommel horse, outclassing the field with a score of 15.583.Whitlock is the…
Alexander Zverev secures historic Olympic tennis title for Germany
Straight-sets win over Karen Khachanov in men’s singles finalCzech pair of Krejcikova and Siniakova take doubles gloryAlexander Zverev followed up his upset of Novak Djokovic by becoming the first German man to win a singles gold medal in Olympic tenni…
There are 11,656 athletes at the Olympics. Guy Fraser wanted them all on Wikipedia
Fans across the world enjoy complementing their Olympic viewing with some research. We meet the man who wants everyone’s story toldIn 1992, 11-year-old Guy Fraser spent his summer vacation fiddling with a radio. He was searching, sometimes in vain, for…