2021

Tokyo Olympics: Victoria Thornley qualifies for the women’s single sculls quarter-finals

Team GB’s Victoria Thornley finishes first in her qualifying session to advance to the quarter-finals of the women’s single sculls at Tokyo 2020, with a time of seven minutes 22 seconds. Watch highlights of Tokyo 2020 on BBC One, BBC Two, the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer COVERAGE DETAILS: Tokyo Olympics on BBC

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Tokyo Olympics: Ireland’s women’s hockey team’s journey to their first Games

Katie Mullan celebrates Ireland’s win over Canada that sealed the team’s spot in Tokyo BBC Sport NI’s Nigel Ringland has followed the Ireland Women’s hockey team for the last decade. As they participate in their first ever Olympic Games, Nigel details the characters and their journey to get to this stage. There are plenty of

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Brighton Zeuner: The ‘insecure little teen’ going for gold in Tokyo

Brighton Zeuner has won two X Games gold medals and and a Vans Park Series World Championship title Sixteen-year-old Brighton Zeuner has already won some of skateboarding’s biggest titles. In 2015, aged 11, she was the youngest female athlete to ever compete at the X-Games. She began competing professionally in 2016 and went on to

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Tokyo Olympics: Team GB women’s footballers full of confidence before Japan game

Next fixture: Japan v Great Britain Date: 24 July Kick-off: 11:30 BST Venue: Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Coverage: Watch on BBC Red Button, iPlayer and online. Follow live text coverage on the website. Listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Great Britain women’s football squad have “a lot of confidence” after beginning their Tokyo Games

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