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.
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.
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.
Jiří Prskavec of the Czech Republic delivered a masterful display to clinch the Olympic men's K1 crown by more than three seconds at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
Stefanos Ntouskos captured Greece’s first-ever Olympic rowing gold medal with a surprise victory in the men’s single sculls as New Zealand claimed two titles on the final day of the Tokyo 2020 regatta here.
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) is using Alibaba's cloud technologies for the first time in a bid to bolster its coverage of the Olympics.
Ma Long retained the Olympic men’s singles crown after putting his great rival Fan Zhendong to the sword in an enthralling all-Chinese showdown here.
Aaron Wolf and Shori Hamada added their names to a long list of Japanese Olympic judo champions after delivering more home success at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
Fiji made it back-to-back men's rugby sevens gold medals with a 27-12 victory over an error-strewn New Zealand side at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
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.
Naomi Osaka has suggested the weight of expectation proved too much for her as she suffered a shock straight-sets defeat to Markéta Vondroušová of the Czech Republic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
Matea Jelić pulled off a sensational fightback to beat Britain’s Lauren Williams, becoming Croatia’s maiden Olympic taekwondo champion and capturing the nation’s first gold medal of this year’s Games here in Tokyo.
Australia’s Ariarne Titmus came from behind to snatch victory from five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky in an epic women’s 400 metres freestyle final, while Britain’s Adam Peaty retained his men’s 100m breaststroke title on a thrilling morning of swimming finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here today.
Hifumi and Uta Abe enjoyed a magical night inside the Nippon Budokan as the Japanese siblings both struck judo gold for Japan 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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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are not the first to be impacted by quarantine rules. Philip Barker tells the story of the Melbourne 1956 Games, where the equestrian events were held in Stockholm.
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