International Olympic Committee (IOC) medical and scientific director Richard Budgett has acknowledged current guidelines around transgender athletes are no longer fit for purpose, with the organisation set to publish an updated framework to guide International Federations in devising their own rules.

Katie Ledecky earned her third consecutive women’s 800 metres freestyle Olympic gold as compatriot Caeleb Dressel lowered his own men’s 100 metres butterfly world record on the penultimate day of Tokyo 2020 swimming finals here today.

American star Simone Biles has withdrawn from tomorrow's vault and uneven bars finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as she continues to prioritise her mental health.

Athleten Deutschland has slammed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for allowing athletes to spend their quarantine period in "prison-like conditions" at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

An anti-doping agreement has been concluded prior to next month’s Paralympic Games here, it has been announced.

Britain claimed history by winning the first Olympic gold medal in mixed relay triathlon.

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been provisionally suspended and will miss the remainder of Tokyo 2020 after testing positive for human growth hormone.

Tokyo 2020 is guaranteed to be Japan's most successful Olympic Games after the host nation clinched their first fencing gold medal in the men's team épée event here.

U SPORTS, the governing body for university sport in Canada, has celebrated four of its former International University Sports Federation (FISU) champions winning medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Egypt’s taekwondo medallists at Tokyo 2020 Hedaya Malak and Seif Eissa have been honoured by the Egyptian Olympic Committee.

The President of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) Raffaele Chiulli has praised the success of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics and celebrated the Games' role in promoting friendship between countries, people and cultures as part of the United Nations (UN) International Day of Friendship.

Three members of the Trinidad and Tobago Team (Team TTO) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been transferred to the approved isolation hotel facility to commence mandatory quarantine.