Success at Olympic trials is an invitation to look ahead, but the new star of American men’s swimming sounded nostalgic when he confirmed his trip to Tokyo. Caeleb Dressel may well win gold in three individual events in Japan, but he reflected on what the US team has lost as well as what the coming […]

Bryson DeChambeau tested positive for Covid-19 before leaving the United States for the Olympics and will miss the Tokyo Games. He’ll be replaced by Patrick Reed. Spain’s Jon Rahm, the world No 1, will also miss the Olympics after testing positive The pair were due to make their debuts in the Games when the men’s

Athletes have been warned to stop hugging each other on the Olympic podium as such celebrations breach strict Covid rules laid out in the Tokyo 2020 rules. All 12 swimmers from the Australia, Canada and US 4x100m relay medal-winning teams hugged each other after Sunday’s final, as did 400m individual medley champion Chase Kalisz and

Chelsie Giles claimed Great Britain’s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics, winning bronze by defeating Switzerland’s Fabienne Kocher in the women’s -52kg judo. The 24-year-old from Coventry, who bagged her first grand slam gold medal in Israel earlier this year, overcame Macedonia’s Arbresha Rexhepi and Morocco’s Soumiya Iraoui to reach the quarter-final, where she was

First, the facts. Great Britain, the reigning Olympic women’s hockey champions, began their title defence with a 2-1 defeat to Germany in Pool A. The statistics will show that a scuffed penalty from Viktoria Huse cancelled out Sarah Jones’s close-range opener before Charlotte Stapenhorst scored the winner in the third quarter. But that’s not the

Day one of the Olympic track cycling at the Izu velodrome will give an instant idea of how Team GB will fare in the two flagship disciplines, the four-rider, 4,000m team pursuits for men and women. The quartets have been dominant in recent Games, but with barely any international track racing in the past 12

A forlorn-looking Jade Jones admitted she was left feeling “absolutely gutted” by defeat at the first hurdle in Tokyo 2020. Jones came to these Olympic Games looking to become the first taekwondo athlete to win a third gold medal. However, she lost her last-16 contest to the Refugee Team competitor Kimia Alizadeh, ending hopes of

Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui caused one of the biggest stirs of the Tokyo Olympics so far with a stunning 400m freestyle gold medal – but insisted his massive personal best was purely down to “hard work”. The 18-year-old summoned a thrilling last 50m to come home in 3min 43.36sec to overhaul the Australian Jack McLoughlin,

In the two months since Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open to protect her mental health, after all the noise that followed her decision not to attend press conferences there, she has been everywhere and nowhere at once. As she rested at home, the Tokyo media blitz planned long ago went into overdrive. There

Li Fabin embraced his inner flamingo with a unique stance on the way to winning Olympic gold in weightlifting on Sunday. Just don’t try it at home, the Chinese athlete warned. Li stood on one leg while lifting 166 kilograms – nearly three times his own body weight – with his right leg sticking out