August 2021

The Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs caused a major sensation in the men’s Olympic 100m final by storming to his country’s first gold medal in the event. On an evening of pulsating drama the 26-year-old, a former long jumper, powered clear in the last 30m to win in 9.80sec. The American Fred Kerley was second in […]

Vlatko Andonovski, the USA manager, said his side are “focused and confident” going into their Olympic women’s soccer semi-final on Monday with old foes Canada. When both North America sides finished second in their respective groups to put them in the same side of the draw for the knockout stage it felt somewhat inevitable –

American swimmer Lilly King doubled down on criticism of Russian athletes hours after the president of the Russian Olympic Committee said his teams’ medals are the “best answer” to critics who questioned why the country is allowed to compete following doping scandals. “There are a lot of people here that should not be here,” said

GB’s Charlotte Worthington secured a historic gold medal in BMX freestyle after landing a 360-degree backflip, becoming the first woman ever to land the trick. ‘It’s completely blown me away, I’m still waiting to come back down to Earth because it’s really not going to sink in for a while,’ said the 25-year-old. ‘The 360

James Guy leant back against the wall, too tired to think, too tired to talk. Guy swam seven races in the past five days, the last of them, the butterfly leg of the men’s 4x100m medley relay, just an hour earlier. It had been one of the hardest, and most intense races of his life,

It was a night of mixed fortunes for Australia’s athletes at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, with Peter Bol qualifying for the 800m final but disappointment for 100m sprinter Rohan Browning, high jumper Brandon Starc and hurdler Liz Clay. Bol won his semi-final in 1min 44.11sec, a new national record, to become the first Australian

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday to get involved in her case after saying she had been removed from the national team and taken to Tokyo airport against her wishes over her criticism of national coaches. “I am asking the International Olympic Committee for help,” Tsimanouskaya said in

Having just secured his third gold medal of Tokyo, British swimmer Adam Peaty said: “It’s a fun event and that’s what sport needs. It needs to be fun.” He had been part of the first British mixed relay swimming team to compete in the Olympic Games, smashing the world record in the 4x100m relay in