frustration to officials during his men’s sabre individual semi-final defeat ©Getty ImagesNils Dunkel of Germany

The United States meet France on Sunday as they begin the defence of the men’s basketball title at Tokyo 2020 here, a gold medal that, more than any other, has been dominated by them.

Germany meet Italy in the other match Group B.In Group C, Argentina meet Slovenia and host nation Japan

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) have unveiled their "10+10 vision" for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, proposing a new investment model for sport in the country in the build-up to the Games and the ten years following.

on Wednesday (July 21), prior to the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.North and South Korea, Qatar, Germany

Hungary’s Áron Szilágyi will be aiming to complete a hat-trick of Olympic gold medals when the fencing competition starts here today.

to win an Olympic gold in the epee individual as reigning world champion after Britta Heidemann of Germany

across five different Olympic Games, going back to Barcelona 1992, dressage competitor Isabell Werth of Germany

Townend, the world number one, likely to start as favourite.Three-time Olympic champion Michael Jung of Germany

Britain’s Jade Jones and China’s Wu Jingyu will hope to complete a hat-trick of Olympic triumphs as taekwondo competition begins at Tokyo 2020.

Iran's first female Olympic medallist.Alizadeh won bronze at Rio 2016.She fled her home country for Germany

China will be looking to continue its storied success in table tennis at Tokyo 2020, having won 28 of the 32 available gold medals since the sport's introduction to the Olympics at the 1988 Seoul Games.

Three-time Olympic medallist Timo Boll of Germany, at his sixth Olympic Games, is one of the few players

Britain will seek to top the Olympic rowing medals table once again after its success at the last three Games with a 45-strong team that includes returning double gold medallist Helen Glover.

will be seeking a fourth successive gold medal in the eight, which would equal the run established by Germany

double sculls, have been unbeaten since and will hope to add Olympic gold against challengers from Germany

Denmark will seek to become the second nation to win back-to-back men’s Olympic handball titles when they launch their Tokyo 2020 campaign tomorrow against host nation Japan.

Bahrain, Portugal and Sweden.European champions Spain are among the contenders in Group A, alongside Germany

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.

rematch with the Dutch in the group stage of the event.They are joined by Rio 2016 bronze medallists Germany

men's tournament is more difficult to call, with Belgium, world number one-ranked Australia, Argentina, Germany

and The Netherlands all harbouring strong hopes for gold.Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands are in

International Olympic Committee (IOC) director of relations with National Olympic Committee and Olympic Solidarity James MacLeod has predicted the Olympic Refugee Team at Tokyo 2020 want to represent hope for millions of displaced people worldwide.

To put that in context, it is about the size of the population of Germany."

Germany’s flag is to be carried by beach volleyball gold medallist Laura Ludwig and diver Patrick Hausding at the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony tomorrow.

 "Our team will once again be a good ambassador for Germany."

his fourth Games.At the Tokyo 1964 Games, it was another diver, Ingrid Kramer from Dresden in East Germany

 Although Germany was then divided into east and west, they competed at the Olympics under a unified

Germany women's hockey captain Nike Lorenz will wear a rainbow-coloured band on her socks at Tokyo 2020

China's Ma Long has learnt the potential route he will have to take when he defends his Olympic men's table tennis title here at Tokyo 2020.

titles.If he gets through that he could then meet London 2012 bronze medallist Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany

Indonesia has set its sights on hosting the 2036 Olympics and Paralympics after vowing to "continue to fight" for the right to host the event following the decision to award sole candidate Brisbane the 2032 edition of the Games.

allowing the Session to green-light it as the venue for the 2032 Games.North and South Korea, Qatar, Germany