Juan Antonio Samaranch has expressed the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) desire to have the international community at Beijing 2022, with the Coordination Committee chair stressing the next for successful Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games next year.

Relay will not really be a relay, but instead an exhibition tour with the flame exhibited all around China

calling for boycotts of the Games amid human rights concerns.Relations between the United States and China

American authorities joining the European Union, Canada and the United Kingdom in imposing sanctions on China

international athletes expected to be in attendance.Around 80 international experts are expected to visit China

London 2012 silver medallists France are set to return to the Paralympics at Tokyo 2020 in blind football after missing Rio 2016 - and are targeting a place on the podium as they did nine years ago.

difficult Group A with hosts and debutants Japan, four-time Paralympic champions Brazil and Asian champions China

Being in the same group as Brazil, China and Japan does not change our objective and our preparation,

World champion Panipak Wongpattanakit earned a dramatic late victory over Spanish teenager Adriana Cerezo to claim the women’s under-49 kilogram Olympic taekwondo title here today.

round match, before earning a dominating win over Beijing 2008 and London 2012 champion Wu Jingyu of China

The Chinese diving team are red-hot favourites to claim the first gold medal of the diving competition at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tomorrow, when the country will bid for a 15th-straight major title in the women's synchronised three metres springboard event.

China has been the dominant force in the sport and anything but a victory for Shi Tingmao and Wang Han

The first weightlifting gold medal of Tokyo 2020 has gone to China, as several more are likely to do

Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, is due to attend tomorrow’s weightlifting when China

If you play weightlifting by numbers, there are many different ways to look at Tokyo 2020.

of weightlifting fans expect to see it beaten, and in style on the sport’s biggest stage.Perhaps in China

century.They expect to see that number beaten, too.For the United States, the only country besides China

Men’s world number one Kento Momota is aiming to win Japan's first Olympic Games badminton singles title at Tokyo 2020 despite a troubled preparation for his debut on the sport’s biggest stage.

expected to be dominated by Japan, who have the number one and three seeds in the women’s event, and by China

Canada's sitting volleyball squad for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has been confirmed, with members of the Parapan American Games squad in 2019 returning to the fold.

ranked fifth in the world in women's sitting volleyball and are set to be joined by the United States, China

China will be looking to continue its storied success in table tennis at Tokyo 2020, having won 28 of

at his sixth Olympic Games, is one of the few players at Tokyo 2020 who knows what it takes to beat China

A Chilean weightlifter who was third in her weight category rankings on performance has had to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 because of a serious shoulder injury.

Crismery Santana of the Dominican Republic moves into the top three.Wang Zhouyou is the hot favourite from China

Simone Biles of the United States promises to be one of the stars of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where she will be seeking to add to the four artistic gymnastics gold medals she won at Rio 2016 when competition starts at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre here on Sunday (July 25).

rivals for gold in the individual all-around final include 2019 world silver medallist Tang Xijing of China

will all be in contention.The hosts have a young team to contest the title with likely challengers China

Seventeen-year-old Je Deok Kim of South Korea, the youngest archer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is gunning for gold after topping the men’s individual recurve qualifying with a score of 688 points.

won a medal in this event at seven of the previous eight Games, with their main rivals expected to be China

challenger will be Chinese Taipei, who defeated them in the final of the 2019 world championships, with China

The Netherlands women's hockey team will be looking for Olympic redemption when they compete here at Tokyo 2020 as they aim to maintain their record of winning every major tournament since their shock loss in the final at Rio 2016.

a scathing review into allegations of a toxic culture and bullying in the women's setup.Argentina, China

Serbia and United States will hope to repeat their Rio 2016 triumphs as men’s and women’s water polo competition begins at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on the first official day of Tokyo 2020 competition.

champions will face hosts Japan in their opening match tomorrow, with the Russian Olympic Committee, China

International Testing Agency (ITA) director general Benjamin Cohen has revealed that Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) athletes are among the most tested heading into Tokyo 2020 here.

ImagesCohen revealed the ROC delegation was the third most tested heading into these Olympics, with only China