The end of an Olympics is always poignant. Whether it’s been a triumph or a torment, or a mixture of both, there is an emptiness once it’s over.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, is "satisfied" at the ROC team’s fifth place in the Tokyo 2020 medals table and believes Russian athletes have the potential to win more medals at the Paris 2024 Games.

An official on Germany's modern pentathlon team is under a two-week quarantine period after testing positive for COVID-19 on the final day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here.

United States finished top of the Summer Olympics medal table for the third consecutive Games after triumphs on the final day of Tokyo 2020 saw the nation overtake China.

Weightlifting has reached "a do or die moment" in its quest to remain an Olympic Games sport and it is doomed to fail unless the leaders of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) resign en masse.

The secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department (DRD) Ray Quiñones has said he is pleased with Puerto Rico's participation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which saw the island territory claim a gold medal in the women's 100 metres hurdles thanks to Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach claimed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics had given hope to the world after it was staged against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is always a tear or two when the Olympic Flame is finally extinguished, but this time it seemed even more poignant.

Bad weather put paid to plans to fly a giant Paris 2024 flag from the Eiffel Tower during the Olympic Handover Ceremony from Tokyo.

"We did it" were the triumphant words of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - a Games which were hit hard by an unprecedented global health crisis - came to a close here tonight.

French marathon runner Morhad Amdouni provoked widespread anger today for deliberately knocking over an entire row of water bottles at one of the hydration stations on the Olympic marathon course in Sapporo before grabbing the last one for himself.

Barry Hendricks, President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has proposed a closer partnership with the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Games.

After all the words written about Tokyo 2020, particularly over the past 18 months during the pandemic, it seems remarkable to be at the end of the Olympic Games.