Nigeria has named 12 players in its men's basketball squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here.

Association (NBA) players in his final group after a month-long training camp in Las Vegas and Oakland in the United

three Summer Olympics and finished 11th at London 2012.Brown's men claimed a notable 90-87 win over the United

States, the 15-time and reigning Olympic champions, during their training camp.The preparations of the

Carissa Moore has spoken of her gratitude towards Makinohara which hosted the United States’ surfing

America and Caribbean Association Football Gold Cup with a 2-0 win over Honduras in Houston in the United

States.

Hosts Japan triumphed in the first sporting action of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they defeated Australia 8-1 in a softball clash in Fukushima.

United States, who won all three Olympic titles contested in softball before Japan's Beijing win, opened

The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has, as expected, taken a heavy toll on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) financial performance in 2020, with the Lausanne-based body reporting a deficit of $55 million (£40 million/€46.7 million) for the year.

distributed to various Games Organising Committees and National Olympic Committees (NOCs).The share of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) was put at $88.7 million (£64.6 million/€75.3 million

The first five champions were crowned at the World Cadet Wrestling Championships today in Budapest.

Indian Aman Gulia beat Luke Lilledahl of the United States in the boys' freestyle under-48 kilograms

pic.twitter.com/nlipt4jUTJ— JSW Sports (@jswsports) July 20, 2021It was not all disappointment for the United

States, however, as Meyer Shapiro won the 65kg gold medal with a fantastic victory over Giorgi Gogritchiani

Meyers, a deaf and blind swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she says the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) refused to allow her mother to accompany her as Personal

China is predicted to continue its Olympic decline for the third straight Summer Games, according to the final Tokyo 2020 medal projection from Gracenote.

April projection, China was second in terms of total medals, but has now been overtaken by ROC.The United

States remains top - projected 40 gold medals and 96 in all.Host nation Japan is forecast to record

its best-ever medal tally.The United States is projected to top the Tokyo 2020 medals table by a distance

Franco Frattini, the Italian magistrate whose racist comments on social media led to the Swiss Federal Tribunal quashing the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) initial ruling in the Sun Yang case, has been re-elected chair of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA).

, using a new panel, six-time Olympic medallist Sun was banned for four years and three months.SIGA states

Council, Taylor Green.Karin Korb, an independent, has additionally be co-opted.Korb represented the United

States in wheelchair tennis at two Paralympic Games.White is chief executive of the International Mixed

Journalists were taken on a tour of the snow event venues for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as the hosts show they are on track despite the ongoing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

other Muslim ethnic groups in the north-western region of Xinjiang.Several countries, including the United

States, Canada and the Netherlands, have accused China of committing genocide.This was due to reports

Salesforce, an American software company, has been named an official partner of Germany's Olympic team in a deal the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) says will benefit fans.

Salesforce is also a partner of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Paralympics and partnered with the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and British Olympic Association in June and July respectively

These are probably the most important weeks of Thomas Bach’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Presidency.

As economies in Europe and the [United States] that have successfully weakened the link between infections

week-on-week rise in COVID-19 deaths.Furthermore, while the deaths-to-cases ratio in the highly-vaccinated United

A Czech beach volleyball coach residing in the Olympic Village for Tokyo 2020 has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after a player from the country was confirmed to have contracted the virus.

athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Athletes' Village, while Kara Eaker, an alternate on the United

States women's artistic gymnastics team, was placed into isolation after contracting the virus at a

The Japanese men’s football team have not expressed concerns over facing coronavirus-hit South Africa in their opening match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here.

COVID-19 in the Olympic Village, increasing the overall number to at least three.An alternate on the United

States women's artistic gymnastics team has additionally been placed into isolation after contracting

The first sporting action of Tokyo 2020 in the Japanese capital itself is due to take place tomorrow with women's football set to take centre stage, two days before the Opening Ceremony.

time will be taking place in Fukushima.Tokyo will not see action before four-time Olympic champions United

States take on Sweden in a Group G football clash at 5.30pm.The match will be taking place at Tokyo

 Sweden claimed a shock win over the United States following a penalty shoot-out at Rio 2016