Multiple champion Nyjah Huston of the United States and Japan’s world champion Horigome Yuto will be

No. two, which creates the possibility of a medal sweep.Also capable of reaching the podium are the United

States trio of Mariah Duran, Alexis Sablone and Alana Smith, along with world silver medallistNishiya

Richard Carapaz became Ecuador’s second Olympic gold medallist by clinching the men’s road race title at Tokyo 2020, following a superbly judged ride.

, who won the Tour de France for a second consecutive year last week, accelerated on the climb with United

States’ Brandon McNulty and Canada’s Michael Woods.Only a select group were able to remain in contact

The world's first Paralympic video game, "The Pegasus Dream Tour" has been released.

badminton players Kohei Kobayashi and Rie Ogura, athletics stars Scout Bassett and Chaiwat Rattana of United

States and Thailand, respectively, also appear in the game.

The first weightlifting gold medal of Tokyo 2020 has gone to China, as several more are likely to do over the 10 days of competition.

silver.Aisah was equally delighted with her bronze medal, which she secured after Jourdan Delacruz of the United

States failed with all of her clean and jerk attempts.Delacruz, one of the Americans’ main medal hopes

both her arms were shaking as she made it and the press-out decision stood.Jourdan Delacruz of the United

States failed with all of her clean and jerk attempts ©Getty ImagesDelacruz, who had burst into tears

An Olympic medal from the first Olympics of the Modern era in 1896 has fetched $181,111 (£131,731/€153,858) at an online auction on the eve of the Tokyo Games.

 A gold medal awarded to a United States basketball player at Los Angeles 1984 went for $97,270

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons revealed they are "poised

About 100 of the United States’ 613-strong team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here are unvaccinated against

Jonathan Finnoff, chief medical officer for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC

The entire delegation from the United States, so every athletes, staff member and volunteer and everyone

United States beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb was ruled out the Olympics after contracting COVID

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

will be strong contenders in the team foil, alongside the ROC and France.The men’s foil is one of the United

States’ strongest events.The country’s four team members are all ranked in the top 10 and will have

The world has reacted to the Opening Ceremony which began the Olympic Games a year late here under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.

 In the United States, National Public Radio targeted into NBC’s coverage which it described as

A record-equalling low round of 61 helped South Korea’s Lee6 Jeong-eun take a three-shot lead at the halfway point of the Ladies Professional Golf Association Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club.

and two bogeys.Lydia Ko of New Zealand, a champion at this tournament in 2015, and Yealimi Noh of the United

States, who co-led after round one with Anannarukarn, sit in a tie for fourth six shots off the lead

Hair braided in cherry red, the national colour of Japan, Naomi Osaka turned out to be the chosen one who lit the Flame here in Tokyo.

Ceremony, following a tradition established in 1928 ©Getty ImagesAt the end of the procession, the United

States and France immediately preceded the host nation in recognition that Paris will stage the Olympics

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

weightlifting powerhouse has won at every Games this century.They expect to see that number beaten, too.For the United

States, the only country besides China to qualify a maximum team of eight, it might be 13,000, which

for the first time, who could come back stronger and wiser next time - if there is a next time.The United

States, Ecuador and Italy are among the nations with outstanding young lifters, as of course are China.Colombia

Three Americans were crowned world champions in women's freestyle on the fifth day of the World Cadet Wrestling Championships, taking place in Budapest.

respectively overcame Aizhan Muratbay of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan's Elvina Karimzada.A second gold for the United

States came in the women's under-53kg when Katie Brianna Gomez won against Russia's Natalia Khramenkova.Antim

- 95 points— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) July 23, 2021Noemi Osvath Nagy of Hungary and Belarus

Having won the men's Olympic volleyball title on home soil in Rio five years ago, defending champions Brazil are determined that their fifth consecutive medal will be another golden one.

before emigrating to Poland in 2013 and leading his new country to the 2018 World Championship.The United

States, who took bronze at Rio 2016 and last won Olympic gold at Beijing 2008, are in contention again

League.Four of the top five ranked teams in the world, namely Brazil, the Russian Olympic Committee, the United

States and France, are bunched together in Group B while Poland face an easier path through pool play

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.

2020.Canada is ranked fifth in the world in women's sitting volleyball and are set to be joined by the United

States, China, Italy, Brazil, Rwanda, Japan and the Russian Paralympic Committee."