Two-time Olympic artistic swimming medallist Mikako Kotani is seeking to protect sportswomen from being sexually objectified as she looks to build on the gender rights legacy of Tokyo 2020.

Six Tokyo 2020 individual Olympic medallists have been selected in Australia's 46-member swimming team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Scottish marathon runner Steph Davis is set to feature at her first Commonwealth Games, having secured her place in the women's event at Birmingham 2022.

The plight of female athletes in Iran has been highlighted by a weightlifter who fled the country’s strict Islamic regime to start a new life in Germany.

Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott leads athletes in the running to be named Australia’s Paralympian of the Year at a ceremony in Sydney next month.

Britain's reigning Olympic champion Joe Choong marked his return to international competition by progressing through men's qualifying at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Albena.

Former Australian women's basketball captain Jenna O'Hea has corroborated a claim ex-team-mate Liz Cambage told the Nigerian team to "go back to your third-world country" in a spat which came before her withdrawal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The official film of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, directed by Naomi Kawase, has been chosen for the Cannes Film Festival, where Munich 1972 documentary Visions of Eight is also to be shown to mark 50 years since the Games.

United States President Joe Biden hailed the country's athletes that competed at the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo and Beijing as he welcomed them to the White House.

Ukrainian karate star Stanislav Horuna's Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medal could be returned to him after he auctioned off the prized possession to raise funds to support the nation’s efforts to repel Russia’s invasion.

American Paralympic champion Nick Mayhugh drew comparisons with Usain Bolt after his victories in Tokyo and believes he can use the profile he gained as a result to promote Paralympic sport.

True North Research's 2021 BenchMark study has found that the emotional connection to the Australian Paralympic team is at its highest level following success at Tokyo 2020.

Two-time Paralympic champion rower James Fox of Britain has announced his retirement from the sport.

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has clarified that swimming qualification standards for Paris 2024 initially published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were "outdated", and not those set to be used.