Japan’s Momiji Nishiya became the second youngest champion in summer Olympics history, aged 13 years and 330 days, by winning the inaugural women’s skateboarding street competition. On another blistering hot day at Ariake Urban Sports Park, Nishiya took the lead with her penultimate trick in the event – which is held over a series of […]

In the end Adam Peaty didn’t seem as happy as he did relieved. He hauled himself up out on to the lane divider, shouted, splashed the water, then fell silent and stared into the middle distance. Overcome with emotion, and exhaustion, he mouthed what seemed to be a silent prayer. “I was probably swearing,” he

Luka Dončić made a spectacular Olympic debut with 48 points, tied for the second-highest total in men’s basketball history, to lead Slovenia to a 118-100 victory over Argentina on Monday. In Slovenia’s first Olympic game ever, Dončić scored 31 points in the first half, putting him on pace to break the Games’ scoring record of

The moment, when it came, was really powerful. Last Thursday night, in our GB Boxing team room in the Olympic village, it finally hit me. This is real. I am about to fight in the Olympic Games and my hopes of winning a medal, with gold being my favourite colour, begin now. We had been

This was a sublime Olympic performance from Tom Daley and Matty Lee. On a day of vertiginous pressure at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre the British pair took gold in the men’s synchronised 10m platform dive by 1.23 points from China’s world champions Cao Yuan and Chen Asien. It was a victory sealed only as the

After winning Great Britain’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics, Adam Peaty said he hoped his victory would give some joy and inspiration to his team, and to his country. “That’s why we are all here, because sport has an amazing power to inspire people and hopefully this is going to be an amazing

After losing to Australia’s Ariarne Titmus in the women’s 400m freestyle, American Katie Ledecky departed the press conference tent at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre with a message: “See you in a few hours.” The five-time Olympic gold medallist was speaking to the gathered media, but she might as well have been talking to Titmus. This

In seemingly less time than Sha’Carri Richardson’s world-stopping, 100m triumph at the US trials, the matter of her Olympic-disqualifying suspension for a positive marijuana test has transformed routine sports talk fodder into a full-blown ethical debate for a divided nation. In her defense marijuana is legal in a host of states across America, including Oregon,

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. ‘That’s why we are all here, because sport has an amazing

“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 anything because of who I was. To be an Olympic champion now just shows that you can achieve anything.” Still damp from the pool, still wide-eyed at winning