Ryan Murphy of the United States, who won swimming silver in today’s men’s 200 metres backstroke final behind Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), told a media conference that he could not be sure the race was clean.

Serbia’s Milica Mandić secured Olympic taekwondo gold for the second time - nine years after winning her first - after seeing off South Korea’s Lee Da-bin, while there was more gold medal success for ROC at the Tokyo 2020 Games here.

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) women's team ended the United States' reign of dominance to complete the artistic gymnastics team double on a night where the legendary Simone Biles was forced to withdraw from the final due to a "medical issue".

Matea Jelić pulled off a sensational fightback to beat Britain’s Lauren Williams, becoming Croatia’s maiden Olympic taekwondo champion and capturing the nation’s first gold medal of this year’s Games here in Tokyo.

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) held their nerve to dethrone defending champions Japan and claim one of the neutral team's most sought-after gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in a thrilling artistic gymnastics men's team final here tonight.

Vitalina Batsarashkina thanked the influence of her grandfathers after winning the Russian Olympic Committee's first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 yesterday. 

Vitalina Batsarashkina carved herself a small piece of history as the first gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 for Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) says it will send a 335-member team to the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which will compete neutrally under the terms of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision.

The announcement that an excerpt of Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has been accepted for use at medal ceremonies for Russian athletes in Tokyo will cause eyebrows to be raised for a number of reasons.

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) says it is in the final stages of negotiations with Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) over supplying COVID-19 vaccines to athletes from the continent prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Music from composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky will be put forward by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) as the proposed replacement for the country’s national anthem at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the organisation has confirmed.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected Russia’s request to use the folk song "Katyusha" as a replacement for its national anthem at the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.