Didier Seminet, the secretary general of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), has not ruled out hosting major baseball events in the same year as the Paris 2024 Olympics, despite the sport being omitted from the next Games' programme.
Cuban Mijaín López will hope for a place in history at Tokyo 2020 by becoming the first male wrestler to win four Olympic gold medals.
Kiran Badloe maintained The Netherlands’ golden touch in the men’s Olympic RS:X windsurfing by earning a convincing victory as the first sailing medals of Tokyo 2020 were determined.
Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin claimed Chinese Taipei’s first-ever badminton gold with a sensational display to see off third seeds Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen of China in the men’s doubles final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
Elaine Thompson-Herah successfully defended her Olympic women's 100 metres title as she led home a Jamaican clean sweep in an Olympic record time of 10.61sec.
UEFA has announced that 13,000 supporters will be able to attend the 2021 UEFA Super Cup, which will be held at Windsor Park in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland.
Team ROC earned gold in the women’s team sabre competition as their fencers saw off the challenge of France in the final at Tokyo 2020 today.
Karate legend Antonio Diaz served as flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony for his country Venezuela as the sport debuted at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Meso Hassona became Qatar’s first ever Olympic gold medallist when he finished well clear of his rivals in the men’s 96 kilograms category at the Tokyo International Forum.
Chungwon Choue, the President of World Taekwondo, hailed this week’s taekwondo events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a huge success.
New Zealand banished the demons of their Rio 2016 final defeat to Australia to win women's rugby sevens gold at Tokyo 2020.
Ivan Litvinovich delivered Belarus' first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after jumping to gold in the men's trampoline gymnastics at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre here.
Mete Gazoz became the first Turkish archer to win an Olympic gold medal as he edged out Italian veteran Mauro Nespoli in a tense final of the men's individual competition at Tokyo 2020 here today.
Lu Xiaojun cemented his place among the all-time greats of weightlifting in another sensational session at the Tokyo International Forum.
Spain won its first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 just over a week into the Games as shooters Fatima Galvez and Alberto Fernandez denied San Marino a historic title in the mixed team trap.
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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