A storm broke out at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Friday morning when Ryan Murphy, the USA’s silver medallist in the 200m backstroke, spoke out against the sport’s doping problem and said he was “swimming in a race that’s probably not clean”. Almost any other time, this would have been an admirably honest thing to […]

This week, Simone Biles unexpectedly withdrew from the team and individual all-around gymnastics events at the Tokyo Olympics. The 24-year-old told reporters she wanted to focus on her mental health after experiencing the “twisties” – a condition in which a gymnast loses his or her spatial awareness during a move – in practice. It is

Novak Djokovic’s pursuit of the golden slam has come to an end as he suffered a startling collapse against Alexander Zverev before eventually losing 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the semi-final of the Tokyo Games. Zverev, the fourth seed, will face Karen Khachanov in the gold-medal match after the Russian Olympic Committee athlete defeated Pablo Carreño

Two unlikely new British cycling heroes emerged on Friday as Bethany Shriever and Kye Whyte claimed the country’s first two Olympic medals in BMX. Shriever, who once worked as a teaching assistant to fund her riding, produced a huge shock as she dethroned Colombia’s BMX queen Mariana Pajón to win gold in a thrilling race around one

The teenage substitute Mary Fowler and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr were the heroes as Australia earned a place in the Olympic semi-finals with a 4-3 defeat of Team GB in extra time. “We are devastated right now,” said Team GB’s manager, Hege Riise “It’s hard to lose a game like this. We were well prepared.

8.14am EDT 08:14 Okay, I’m off for a cup of tea and some M&Ms, and hope all of you out there in the world are recovering in similar fashion. It’s been a pleasure. See you next time. 8.11am EDT 08:11 Suzi Wrack was there in the flesh, and herewith her match report of that crazy,

We will ROC you! Let’s face it, the retro cold- war touches dripping away at the back of Tokyo 2020 were always likely to run hot at some point. In the end it took a particularly ticklish men’s backstroke 200m to turn the tap. The presence of 335 Russian Olympic Committee athletes at these Games

Great Britain’s women will play France on Saturday for a place in the Tokyo Olympics sevens final. A 21-12 victory over the United States put them into the semi-finals, which means they have at least matched their performance at the Rio Games five years ago. It was a dominant display that saw Jasmine Joyce score

The International Olympic Committee has admitted that its current guidelines for transgender athletes are not fit for purpose – and says it plans to release a new one within the next two months. In a notable shift, the IOC’s medical and science director, Dr Richard Budgett, said the science had moved on – and stressed

A stunning medal double on the BMX track added to Great Britain’s Tokyo Olympics haul on a day of frenetic activity in which the squad won six medals to take Team GB’s overall tally to 26. Great Britain also progressed to the semi-finals of the women’s rugby sevens on Friday but there was heartache in