New Zealand's Chef de Mission for Tokyo 2020 Rob Waddell believes organisers in Japan are "several steps ahead" of where Rio 2016 were with a little under a year until the Games.
Olympic gold medal-winning volleyball player Yang Fangxu has been banned for four years by the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) after she tested positive for erythropoietin.
Amidst the euphoria of this summer’s cricket World Cup and Ashes series, a FIFA Women's World Cup, an epic Wimbledon finals weekend and Shane Lowry winning The Open on home territory you had perhaps have been forgiven for having blinked and missed the "One Year to Go" celebrations ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
American star Dana Vollmer, five times an Olympic champion, is to retire from competitive swimming following this week’s US National Championships.
Dutch Olympian Madiea Ghafoor has been arrested in Germany after police allegedly found 50 kilograms of methamphetamine and ecstasy worth around €2 million (£1.8 million/€2.2 million) in the boot of her car.
Moala Takelo, a gold medallist for Tonga at the 2019 Pacific Games, has paid tribute to the country’s most well-known taekwondo athlete, Pita Taufatofua, for his role in the nation’s success in Samoa.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics about to head into their final year of preparations, Mike Rowbottom speaks to IPC President Andrew Parsons about the most pressing concern and the hope for a lasting legacy.
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