Swimmer Adam Peaty, divers Tom Daley and Matty Lee and mountain biker Tom Pidcock all won goldLive updates from Tokyo 2020Britain’s Olympians soared and awed on a Magic Monday in Tokyo, winning three golds in just five hours.Adam Peaty, Team GB’s banke…
All the hope, disappointment, despair and joy the British diver had endured these past 13 years were cleansed with Tokyo goldTwo teardrops stood still for a moment and glistened on Tom Daley’s skin soon after he and Matty Lee had draped gold medals aro…
Numbers 101 and 102 soon follow, underlining huge change in fortunes since single gold at Atlanta in 1996As the action at the Tokyo Olympics gathers pace, Britons can expect further moments of glory and tragedy, triumph and heartache to match those fro…
Centre-back who made an emotional Olympic debut in the win over Japan says the players are determined to top their groupThe 15-year-old Leah Williamson was sitting on a bench in the Olympic Park on Super Saturday as her Milton Keynes home town hero Gre…
Daley and Matty Lee pip China to synchronised diving gold‘I hope any LGBT person can see … you can achieve anything’“I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion. When I was younger I didn’t think I’d ever achieve any…
Double Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty has urged the UK to ‘switch the mindset’ after winning the 100m breaststroke final at the Tokyo Olympics. Peaty said he hoped his victory would give some hope, joy and inspiration to his team, and to his country…
Mathias Flückiger wins silver, Spain’s David Valero takes bronzeYorkshireman broke collarbone in training crash just weeks agoTom Pidcock stormed to gold with a dominant ride in the men’s Olympic cross-country mountain bike race in Izu on Monday.The 21…
Swimmer tells of challenges he faced to win breaststroke gold ‘Hopefully this is going to be an amazing motivation for people’After winning Great Britain’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics, Adam Peaty said he hoped his victory would give some joy…
I did not sacrifice everything all these years I’ve been boxing and training so hard to settle for a few good performancesThe moment, when it came, was really powerful. Last Thursday night, in our GB Boxing team room in the Olympic village, it finally …
Dujardin superb aboard major championship debutant GioAdam Peaty into Monday’s 100m breaststroke finalThe defending champion Charlotte Dujardin produced an inspired performance as she cruised into Wednesday’s Olympic individual dressage final. Dujardin…
The manager’s switch of tactics and personnel secured victory over Japan and qualification for the Olympic knockout stagePerhaps the most pleasing aspect of Team GB’s progression to the knockout stage of the Olympics following their 1-0 victory over Ja…
Team GB star falls in first contest, attempting third straight gold‘I didn’t switch into attack mode, I stayed in scared mode’A forlorn-looking Jade Jones admitted she was left feeling “absolutely gutted” by defeat at the first hurdle in Tokyo 2020.Jon…
Team GB star falls in first contest, attempting third straight gold‘I didn’t switch into attack mode, I stayed in scared mode’A forlorn-looking Jade Jones admitted she was left feeling “absolutely gutted” by defeat at the first hurdle in Tokyo 2020.Jon…
Germany win 2-1 but that only tells part of the storyHollie Pearne-Webb: ‘The points should have been ours’First, the facts. Great Britain, the reigning Olympic women’s hockey champions, began their title defence with a 2-1 defeat to Germany in Pool A….
Germany win 2-1 but that only tells part of the storyHollie Pearne-Webb: ‘The points should have been ours’First, the facts. Great Britain, the reigning Olympic women’s hockey champions, began their title defence with a 2-1 defeat to Germany in Pool A….
Almost 70 million people watched the Games on TV in the host nation but some British viewers were left disappointedAfter a year of apathy, swirling uncertainty and widespread anxiety about Covid, the Japanese public appeared to suddenly catch Olympic f…
Almost 70 million people watched the Games on TV in the host nation but some British viewers were left disappointedAfter a year of apathy, swirling uncertainty and widespread anxiety about Covid, the Japanese public appeared to suddenly catch Olympic f…
Hege Riise’s best finisher, who scored the winner against Japan, has hit top form at exactly the right time at the Tokyo OlympicsFor long periods in Sapporo, as this Group E game between Japan and Team GB meandered and sagged at the edges, Ellen White …
Japan 0-1 Great BritainWhite scores her third goal of the Tokyo OlympicsEllen White scored her third goal at the Tokyo Olympics as a patient Team GB ensured their passage to the knockout stage with a 1-0 defeat of hosts Japan.The win means Team GB go i…
Britain’s most successful female canoeist has finally had her C1 class made an Olympic event: now she must handle the pressureMallory Franklin is far too polite to name the individual who delivered disparaging remarks about the expansion of women’s can…
