Almost DKK200,000 (£22,890/$31,790/€26,890) has been raised to aid Parasport Denmark’s preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games through a scheme centred on pillows.

Estonia beat South Korea 36-32 in an enthralling women’s team épée final at the Makuhari Messe Hall B in Chiba.

Germany’s experience was the decisive factor in retaining the Olympic team dressage title, yet it fell to debutant Jessica von Bredow-Werndl to perform the test which clinched gold on TSF Dalera.

Jolanda Neff led home a Swiss clean sweep in the Tokyo 2020 women's cross-country mountain bike event in Izu, with the gold medallist winning by more than a minute.

Japan successfully retained the Olympic softball title they last won 13 years ago by beating the United States 2-0 in today's gold-medal game.

Teenagers Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi maintained China’s 100 per cent record in winning the women’s 10 metres synchronised platform title at the Olympic Games, after the divers secured a dominant victory here today.

Germany’s Ricarda Funk chose the perfect stage to deliver the performance of a lifetime as she clinched her first Olympic gold medal with victory in the women’s K1 event at Tokyo 2020 today.

Serbia’s Milica Mandić secured Olympic taekwondo gold for the second time - nine years after winning her first - after seeing off South Korea’s Lee Da-bin, while there was more gold medal success for ROC at the Tokyo 2020 Games here.

The International Olympic Committee has issued new guidelines to encourage gender-equal, fair and inclusive coverage at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which features record female participation.

Brazil's Italo Ferreira and American Carissa Moore wrote themselves into the history books today by winning the first-ever Olympic surfing titles here at Tokyo 2020.

Maude Charron became the first Canadian woman to stand on top of the Olympic weightlifting podium when she put in a superb performance to win the 64 kilograms gold at Tokyo International Forum.