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.

world’s most popular weightlifters on social media, Lidia Valentin of Spain and Mattie Rogers of the United

States, is scheduled for Monday August 2.

Simone Biles of the United States promises to be one of the stars of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where she

2019 world champion Nina Derwael the woman most likely for this crown.Biles is also expected to help United

States win a third consecutive women’s team title although there will be strong competition from the

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.

battalions on manoeuvres at the Sea Forest Waterway venue will be the 38-strong Australian team and the United

States, who have named 37 athletes.New Zealand’s team, which includes three-times Olympian single sculler

capacity Aquatics Centre will not see any spectators but it seems certain to witness a succession of United

States victories for Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel.

a men’s 800m freestyle and a mixed 4x100 medley.Ledecky’s team-mate Dressel also carries heavy the United

States' hopes into the competition having won seven world golds in 2017 and six in 2019.In Tokyo, he

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.

most likely challengers for the individual gold will be compatriot Jinhyek Oh and Brady Ellison of the United

States, who finished second and third respectively in qualifying.Oh, the London 2012 champion, will

seek to match the achievement of Darrell Pace of the United States, who won the title in 1976 and 1984

this event at seven of the previous eight Games, with their main rivals expected to be China and the United

States and France’s Lisa Barbelin will also be expected to figure strongly in the competition.South

The wait for the Olympic debut of 3x3 basketball is almost over, with the first matches in the historic competition scheduled to be held here at Tokyo 2020 tomorrow.

at the Games because of sanctions imposed on the nation for the state-sponsored doping scandal.The United

States start as the favourites in the women's event, while Serbia will be the ones to beat in the men's

Tennis player Petra Kvitova will carry the Czech Republic flag alongside basketball captain Tomas Satoransky at tonight’s Opening Ceremony here in Tokyo.

open against Iran on Sunday and also face France before concluding the preliminary phase against the United

States of America.Kvitova and Satoransky had only just met "in the elevator", the tennis grand slam

Elavenil Valarivan will aim to become the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the Olympic Games when she competes in the women's 10 metres air rifle event here at Tokyo 2020 tomorrow.

after Abhinav Bindra won the men's 10m air rifle title at Beijing 2008.Mary Carolynn Tucker of the United

States is also expected to challenge as she bids to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Virginia Thrasher

Serbia and United States will hope to repeat their Rio 2016 triumphs as men’s and women’s water polo

Greece and Montenegro.European nations have won 26 of the 27 men’s Olympic water polo titles, with the United

States providing the only exception when they triumphed in St.

Italy head Group A with their opponents including hosts Japan, Greece, Hungary, South Africa and the United

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is not concerned by the United States withholding some of its dues

WADA director general Olivier Niggli has urged the United States to do more to introduce WADA-standard

drugs testing into college sport ©Getty ImagesNiggli took aim at the United States Anti-Doping Agency

The Empire State Building in the United States is set to illuminate in rotating colours in recognition

basketball gold medallist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been selected to carry the United

States flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Games.The flagbearers will be wearing Ralph Lauren’

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.

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

States having had more athletes tested.The three delegations are among the largest set to compete at

Thailand's Pajaree Anannarukarn and American Yealimi Noh are tied for the lead of the Evian Championship following the opening round of the major.

cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, is one over.Both are South Korean.Nelly Korda of the United

States, the new world number one, carded five bogeys in a three-over 74 and is nine shots off the leaders

India won two of the five gold medals on offer at the World Cadet Wrestling Championships today, building on the team title-winning performance from the boys' freestyle bouts in Budapest.

today - the under-73 kilograms - with a win over Belarus' Kseniya Patapovich.Lillian Freitas of the United

States won a bronze medal with a victory over Turkish wrestler Bukrenaz Sert, as did Russian Mariia

, 8-3— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) July 22, 2021There was a home win in the girls' 65kg after

Samsung has said it will air Olympic-themed commercials on Japanese television as planned during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which open tomorrow.

Samsung's corporate communication team said: "Samsung's TV marketing will only take place in Japan, the United

States, and a couple of European countries."