Australian athletes and other members of the delegation will be placed into mandatory supervised quarantine for two weeks when they return home from the Olympic Games here.
By Duncan Mackay, Liam Morgan, Michael Pavitt, Mike Rowbottom, Philip Barker, Dan Palmer and Geoff Berkeley in Tokyo
Anastasija Zolotic wants to be "an inspiration for young girls" after becoming the first American woman to win a taekwondo gold medal at the Olympics.
The project director for Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, David Hobson, has retired from the role as an investment milestone of £100 million ($139 million/€117 million) has been reached.
The apparatus finals signalled the emergence of new nations in gymnastics but also the triumphant return of a familiar face from 2016.
France won its eighth Olympic gold medal in the men's team foil as fencing drew to a close at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Chinese diver Shi Tingmao dominated all of her rivals to successfully defend her Olympic women's three metres springboard title at Tokyo 2020.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been drawn into the row over the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) involvement at Tokyo 2020, following critical comments of Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya claims to have been taken to the airport in Tokyo against her will after criticising coaches on social media, and is now reported to be in the care of Japanese police amid concern for the athlete's welfare.
Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas tonight earned the Olympic title she deserved – and the world record she desired.
Top seed Chen Yufei of China edged out Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei in three sets to clinch the women's badminton gold medal at Tokyo 2020 and continue her country's success in the singles events at the Olympic Games.
The Olympic men's 100 metres title, property since 2008 of Jamaican icon Usain Bolt, has now passed, most unexpectedly, to Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who clocked a European record of 9.80sec to complete an extraordinary Italian double following his team mate Gianmarco Tamberi's sharing of the men's high jump title.
Neisi Dajomes became the first female athlete from Ecuador to win an Olympic medal in any sport today – and she did it in style with gold in the women’s weightlifting 76 kilograms class at the Tokyo International Forum.
In one of the most beautiful of sporting moments, two men decided to share an Olympic title here tonight.
Alexander Zverev managed to shut out the voices of anti-Olympic protesters as he swatted away Karen Khachanov to secure gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
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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Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles and Ben Stokes have all withdrawn from their sport to protect their mental health and wellbeing. Mike Rowbottom tells the story of a new type of athlete, one that is listening to their mind, as well as their body.
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