Strange mix of development competition and star vehicle leaves public unsure of what it is watchingNine years ago, I had a front-row seat at the Olympic Stadium in London for what would become known as Super Saturday. The ley lines of that evening are …
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The era when American players could win gold at the Games just by showing up is over. The rest of the world has simply become too good It’s too easy to make excuses for the Team USA men’s basketball team as it stumbles, and stumbles again, on the court…
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…
Frustration as reduced broadcasting rights limit corporation’s coverage to only two events at a timeTokyo Olympics – live updatesFans missing live Tokyo Olympics coverage of their favourite sports are being urged to be patient as the BBC juggles live s…
Gap between winners and runners-up just 0.103 pointsGreat Britain delighted with excellent fourth placeFor what felt like beyond an eternity, all Nikita Nagornyy could do was stand on the light blue borders of the floor and wait for his turn. First he …
Sign up here and receive the Tokyo 2020 daily briefingToday in a nutshell: Ariarne Titmus got the upper hand on Katie Ledeckie in the pool, the hosts went top in the medal table, and it was a magical Monday for Team GB with three golds and two silvers….
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…
Athlete’s coach and boyfriend proposes after loss‘We are very happy. We are very good partners’Argentina’s Maria Belen Pérez Maurice suffered defeat in the women’s saber on Monday in Tokyo, although it appears she won’t be changing coaches anytime soon…
Williams loses out to Matea Jelic in final few secondsSilver continues stellar day for Great Britain with three goldsIt feels like it’s been a while since anyone really spoke seriously about the legacy of London 2012. The word was worn to death by the …
An Olympic run by Japan’s sevens team would be the perfect antidote to the empty seats but their hopes hang in the balance after a rocky startThe last time Japan played an international match at Tokyo stadium, almost 50,000 people watched the greatest …
It’s the moment that Great Britain’s Tom Daley has been waiting for his entire career – 13 years on from his first Games, he is now an Olympic gold medallist. The 27-year-old won the synchronised 10m dive with his diving partner Matty Lee. Speaking aft…
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…
From Turkish volleyballers to German judokas, the Olympic village in Tokyo has been in thrall to the Serbian world No 1After Novak Djokovic took his first small step towards a gold medal on Saturday, his defeated first-round opponent, the world No 140 …
Osaka beats Golubic while Swiatek loses to BadosaTeam GB men’s doubles team out in straight setsAs numerous prominent names continued to crumble around her, Naomi Osaka advanced in the women’s singles draw of the Tokyo Olympic Games by defeating Viktor…
Amber English won the third gold of the Games for the US shooting team, who back home have joined forces with an ultra-conservative collegeIt was a rough winter for the US shooting team, with some members sent to practise in an abandoned Macy’s departm…
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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…
