After winning five weightlifting gold medals at every Olympic Games this century, China went one better with a sixth at the Tokyo 2020 Games when Wang Zhouyu took the women’s 87 kilograms gold today.
Emily Campbell’s superb performance in the super-heavyweights at Tokyo 2020 made her the first British woman ever to win a weightlifting medal at the Olympic Games.
Double Olympic triathlon gold medallist Alistair Brownlee has revealed his campaign to become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission has been conducted while observing social distance protocols in the village.
No sailing action was possible at Tokyo 2020 today due to a lack of wind, with two medal races postponed until tomorrow.
Sport climbing will make its historic first appearance at the Olympic Games tomorrow when four days of vertical competition begins at Aomi Urban Sports Park.
Several environmental groups have demanded that all projects and enterprises related to the the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games be subjected to a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
World Taekwondo and Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) President Chungwon Choue has tipped young Syrian athlete Wael Al Faraj to make the Refugee Olympic Team at the Paris 2024 Olympics, which would make him the first able-bodied athlete from the foundation's camps to appear at the Games.
International Judo Federation (IJF) international affairs director and Spanish Judo Federation President Juan Carlos Barcos has received the eighth dan, one of the sport's most prestigious honours.
A special drum gifted to Marnie McBean, Canada's Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020, by the Squamish Nation is being heard at Olympic venues each day at Tokyo 2020.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands Luke Forau has asked the nation's Government to strictly manage its budget for the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games an avoid undue financial pressures.
The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has opened the candidature process for its next Athletes' Commission (AC) election.
British Taekwondo (BT) performance director, Gary Hall, has applauded the "phenomenal" performances of Team GB's taekwondo stars at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and backed their fight strategy despite a series of last-gasp defeats.
Amid negotiations to host the European Games in 2023, Kraków could hold a referendum to determine whether it should sign the binding contract with the European Olympic Committees (EOC).
The Business and Tourism Programme, which looks to boost the long-term economic impact of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been unveiled - projecting an investment of more than £650 million ($904 million/€761 million).
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) is celebrating 60 years since its formation today, and preparing for official festivities later this year to mark the occasion.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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