Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten followed her victory in the women’s time trial at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with success in the second edition of the Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa.

Dutch rider overhauled the remains of a breakaway and held a 48 second lead over Ruth Winder of the United

States, riding for the Trek-Segafredo team, at the top of the climb.Winder closed the gap on the descent

States earned his first professional victory in the men's Clásica San Sebastián ©Getty ImagesLater in

the race - the Clásica San Sebastián - took place over 223.5km, and was won by Neilson Powless of the United

States, with the EF Education-Nippo rider claiming his first professional victory.Powless won a three-man

Elaine Thompson-Herah successfully defended her Olympic women's 100 metres title as she led home a Jamaican clean sweep in an Olympic record time of 10.61sec.

the final had been taken up with protests over the reinstatement of the Dominican Republic and the United

StatesThe Dominican Republic nicked silver from the United States on the line.Kajetan Duszynski, who

Team ROC earned gold in the women’s team sabre competition as their fencers saw off the challenge of France in the final at Tokyo 2020 today.

dispatching South Korea 45-26.France provided the final opposition after they secured a 45-30 win against the United

States and a 45-39 victory against Italy.The French team of Cécilia Berder, Charlotte Lembach and Manon

NBCUniversal is expecting to open a new theme park in Beijing "in the next couple of months", leaving it well-placed to cash in on an influx of international tourists coinciding with next year’s Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital.

Parks & Resorts and the Beijing Shouhuan Cultural Tourism Investment Company Limited.As holder of United

States broadcasting rights for the Olympic Games all the way through until 2032, NBCUniversal, part

Lu Xiaojun cemented his place among the all-time greats of weightlifting in another sensational session at the Tokyo International Forum.

Dominican Republic when he made all his last four lifts, finishing with the silver.Harrison Maurus of the United

States was agonisingly close to the podium in fourth place, securing the best finish by a male American

Chungwon Choue, the President of World Taekwondo, hailed this week’s taekwondo events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a huge success.

with the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) winning two golds, and Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Thailand, the United

States and Uzbekistan each claiming one apiece.These were the maiden taekwondo golds for ROC, Croatia

"Listen to your body" has long been a mantra for elite athletes skirting the edges of performance and injury. In recent days and months, however, numerous top sportsmen and women have begun to act with greater conviction upon a new formulation of that old favourite. Namely, "Listen to your mind."

When United States gymnast Simone Biles, four-times Olympic and 19-times world gold medalllist, dropped

Multiple world and Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles of the United States has decided to offer

freestyle, spoke emotionally at a press conference following her failure to qualify in that event at the United

States trials.

FIFA has unveiled a new temporary Olympics exhibition at their museum in Zürich, Switzerland to celebrate Tokyo 2020.

the three exceptions allowed from Atlanta 1996.The women’s tournament has no such restrictions.The United

States have four gold medals from the six women’s tournaments held to its name – only Norway in 2000

Tokyo 2020 is guaranteed to be Japan's most successful Olympic Games after the host nation clinched their first fencing gold medal in the men's team épée event here.

ImagesThe hosts were one of the two bottom-ranked nations in the team épée and had to fence off against the United

States in a preliminary match to gain entry to the competition proper.A string of upsets led to a semi-final

Katie Ledecky earned her third consecutive women’s 800 metres freestyle Olympic gold as compatriot Caeleb Dressel lowered his own men’s 100 metres butterfly world record on the penultimate day of Tokyo 2020 swimming finals here today.

100m butterfly event ©Getty Images"I'm so happy to be bringing home two golds and two silvers to the United

States," said Ledecky."

runners-up.Australia’s McKeown, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matthew Temple and Emma McKeon won bronze in 3:38.95.Italy and the United

States missed out on the podium places, after clocking 3:39.28 and 3:40.58, respectively.

Britain claimed history by winning the first Olympic gold medal in mixed relay triathlon.

Jonathan Brownlee, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jessica Learmonth came home in 1 hour 23min 41sec as the United

States took silver in 1:23:55.Bronze here went to France in 1:24:04.Yee and Taylor-Brown both added

Ukraine sit comfortably at the top of the medal table on the opening day of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth World Championships in the Bulgarian capital Sofia with eight titles, following the conclusion of the Youth C competition.

under-57kg, and they were joined on the podium by bronze medallists Yurii Tykhonov of Ukraine and the United

States' Sebastian Olivencia-Grafals.Karolina Gorodilova of Russia won in the heaviest girls' category

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compatriots Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig in the men's doubles tennis gold medal match ©Getty ImagesThe United

States celebrate reaching the women's football semi-finals after defeating The Netherlands on penalties

Egypt’s taekwondo medallists at Tokyo 2020 Hedaya Malak and Seif Eissa have been honoured by the Egyptian Olympic Committee.

According to Egypt Today, both received a $5,000 (£3,600/€4,220) reward.Malak overcame the United States

It will be some time before the full picture on Tokyo 2020 global viewing figures emerges, but early indications suggest patterns are in line with what you might expect from an event taking place in the Asian time-zone, in an increasingly fragmented, technology-led media market.

Olympic Committee (IOC)’s point of view will be that of Comcast, the media conglomerate that holds the United

States broadcasting rights until 2032 and is hence the Olympic Movement’s biggest single paymaster.So

change with terrifying speed.16.9 million people watched the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020 in the United

States, the lowest figure in 33 years ©Getty ImagesSaid Shell: "It is impossible to [overstate] the