IOC asked more than 3,000 athletes for their viewsTwo-thirds support ban on podium protestsAthletes will not be allowed to take a knee or protest against human rights abuses on the podium of Tokyo 2020 or the Beijing 2022 Olympics after two-thirds of c…
Swedes knocked US out on penalties at Rio 2016 OlympicsReigning champions Brazil face Germany in men’s drawThe US women’s national team will face Australia, Sweden and New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics, while in the men’s competition 2016 winners Brazi…
With Tokyo selection on the line, Guardian Australia spent a day at the track and field national championshipsA cloud of Covid-induced uncertainty still lingers over Tokyo 2021, but there was no talk of Olympic cancellation at Australia’s track and fie…
With Tokyo selection on the line, Guardian Australia spent a day at the track and field national championshipsA cloud of Covid-induced uncertainty still lingers over Tokyo 2021, but there was no talk of Olympic cancellation at Australia’s track and fie…
Covid logic suggests Tokyo 2020 shouldn’t go ahead but there may be some undimmed joy in staging it after all this horrorThe American poet Edgar Allen Poe wrote a short story called The Masque of the Red Death about a prince who holds a fancy costume b…
Toshihiro Nikai’s comments are at odds with the united front presented by the Japanese governmentA senior member of Japan’s ruling party has said that cancelling the Tokyo Olympics “remains an option” if the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen.“If…
Denim outfits welcomed with mix of outrage and delightDesigners say uniforms reflect Tokyo’s street art and fashionFor sports fans, there are many reasons to be thankful that the Tokyo Olympics look like they will take place – a year late – despite con…
Slow vaccine roll-out affects 1400-strong Tokyo travelling partyAOC in talks with government as NZ vaccinates athletesTime is ticking as the Australian Olympic Committee waits for guidance on when its 1400-strong Tokyo Games travelling party will recei…
Slow vaccine roll-out affects 1400-strong Tokyo travelling partyAOC in talks with government as NZ vaccinates athletesTime is ticking as the Australian Olympic Committee waits for guidance on when its 1400-strong Tokyo Games travelling party will recei…
Slow vaccine roll-out affects 1400-strong Tokyo travelling partyAOC in talks with government as NZ vaccinates athletesTime is ticking as the Australian Olympic Committee waits for guidance on when its 1400-strong Tokyo Games travelling party will recei…
Peaty swims 100m breaststroke in 57.39 seconds in London‘I’m way ahead of where I should be,’ says Olympic championOlympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty sent an ominous warning to his rivals in Tokyo this summer by storming to victory at the Br…
Virtual diving meets, farming fitness and training on trampolines have featured in a buildup where the pandemic meant necessity has been the mother of inventionAt the start of April, Tom Daley tiptoed to the edge of a 10m board, inhaled deeply, and too…
The 5-0 loss, following Sunday’s 5-2 defeat by Germany, prove Australia must temper Tokyo expectationsA month before the 2019 Women’s World Cup, Australia played two pre-tournament friendlies. The first was against eventual champions, the United States…
Cargo ship with provisions will soon dock in JapanBrompton bikes and pillows also being shipped to Tokyo Team GB’s athletes at the Olympic Games this summer will be powered by 45,000 teabags, more than 7,000 bags of crisps and nearly 8,000 porridge pot…
Masters champion could light cauldron at Tokyo GamesGolf’s return to Olympics hit by withdrawals at Rio 2016Golf’s rocky relationship with the Olympic Games hardly looked like improving when Dustin Johnson, the world No 1, confirmed he would skip the c…
With coronavirus surging in Japan and internationally, this summer’s Games are a risky prospectAs coronavirus swept the globe last spring, Japan portrayed the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics until this summer as an opportunity as wel…
The Track and Field Championships, which begin on Monday, look set to usher in a new golden generation of Australian athleticsBarring anything unforeseen, Tokyo 2021 will mark Craig Hilliard’s ninth Olympics. The veteran, who was head coach of Australi…
Much has changed since America’s greatest athlete set Rio aflame, but one familiar constant endures: her only competition is herselfSo much has changed in the five years since Simone Biles lit up the 2016 Olympics in Rio, affirming her presumptive stat…
Reports the government was considering the move have provoked outrage on social media See all our coronavirus coverageJapan’s government moved to cool a social media furore by saying it was not looking to prioritise Covid-19 vaccines for Olympic athlet…
War, asylum and near death at sea have shaped a karateka’s journey from Afghanistan to Australia and now the OlympicsPitch black waves crash against the small, overcrowded boat carrying a group of asylum seekers. The fumes given off by the vessel’s eng…
