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Switzerland enjoy magical night on the track as Hug completes Tokyo 2020 hat-trick

  • Athletics News

Marcel Hug claimed his third title at this year's Paralympics here in Tokyo as Switzerland enjoyed a golden night on the track at the Olympic Stadium.

rolling for Switzerland when she ended Zhou Hongzhuan's hold on the women's 400m T53 title.Zhou of China

stormed home in 53.59 as Cheri Madsen of the United States came second in 53.91 and Zhou Zhaoqian of China

record in the 800m.Paeyo finished in 1:36.07, beating the previous record of 1:36.30 set by Li Huzhao of China

of 10.90 to finish second, while China's Di Dongdong claimed bronze in 11.03.Earlier, Wen Xiaoyan of China

third gold medal at the Games.Jaleen Roberts of the US clinched silver in 13.16 with Jiang Fenfen of China


United States win women's medley relay to end evening of Paralympics swimming

  • Swimming News

The United States' Morgan Stickney pulled off a fantastic last leg in the 4x100 metres women's medley relay - 34 points race to win gold to round off the evening of swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Aquatics Centre.

the RPC took silver and Jessica-Jane Applegate gave Britain a second medal with bronze.Jiang Yuyan of China

time of 44.66.It comes after his bronze in the S3 50m backstroke earlier in the GamesZou Liankang of China


Nemati wins women's individual recurve archery gold for third time at Tokyo 2020

  • Archery News

Iran's Zahra Nemati won her third individual recurve gold medal at her third consecutive Games, with a 6-5 victory over Italian Vincenza Petrilli at the Yumenoshima Final Field at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here.

Motaghian in the women's F56 javelin and Sareh Javanmardi in the women's 10-metre air pistol.Wu Chunyan of China


China win all five team table tennis golds at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

  • Table Tennis News

China was dominant today at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, winning all five team gold medals on offer

Panfeng and Zhai Xiang in the opening doubles match 11-8, 15-13, 4-11, 7-11, 11-9.But in the singles, China

dramatically came from two games down to defeat Schmidberger 7-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, ensuring China





Israfilov inspired by Minaj as Boki suffers rare loss and Dias bows out at Tokyo 2020

  • Swimming News

Azerbaijan’s Vali Israfilov has credited American rap star Nicki Minaj for helping him to win his first Paralympic gold after he stunned five-times champion Oleksii Fedyna of Ukraine at Tokyo 2020.

as he captured the men’s 100m freestyle S6 crown in a world record time of 1:03.71.Jia Hongguang of China

finished first in 1:11.78, touching the wall ahead of Kimura who came second in 1:11.78.Yang Boruz of China


Teqball flowers in Peru with creation of Peruvian Teqball Sports Association

  • Teqball

Teqball has seen a rapid growth in popularity in Peru following the establishment of the Peruvian Teqball Sports Association (PTSE) and the sport's inclusion in "Sporty Sundays".

world.Tables and other resources have been donated by the organisation to federations in Benin, Kosovo and China


Rehm jumps to third long jump gold medal at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

  • Athletics News

Germany's Markus Rehm claimed gold for a third time with a victory in the men's T64 long jump final on the sixth day of athletics competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Yiting broke the women's T36 100m world record tonight at the Olympic Stadium ©Getty ImagesShi Yiting of China

separated by two hundredths of a second.In one of the closest races on the track so far - Zhou Zhaoqian of China

United States was the bronze medallist, a few tenths of a second back.Gao Fang won the gold medal for China

and a gold medal in the women's F36 shot put.Miriam Martinez Rico of Spain took silver and Wu Qing of China


David Owen: IOC TOP programme bids farewell to Dow and GE, but powers ahead

  • Inside the Blogs

With the extended Pyeongchang 2018/Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle finally drawing to a close, two of the grand old names of United States industry will be ending their association with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s The Olympic Partner (TOP) worldwide sponsorship programme.

Games.This list of 14 companies has consequently taken on a noticeably more international sheen, with China

and Procter & Gamble means that the US presence is still strong.Given the strained state of US-China


Nigeria and Egypt tipped for success at 2021 ITTF African Table Tennis Championships

  • Table Tennis

Exactly 18 months after a major continental tournament was staged in Africa, Yaoundé in Cameroon will host the 2021 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Table Tennis Championships from September 1 to 7.

competition will also act as the qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Championships in Chengdu in China