Andre De Grasse held off three United States sprinters, including world champion Noah Lyles, to become the first Canadian winner of the men's Olympic 200 metres title since Percy Williams in 1928.

Italy lowered the men’s team pursuit world record to beat Denmark in a thrilling gold medal ride at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today.

A virtual China House, designed to promote the spirit of Chinese Olympians, while also providing an introduction to Beijing 2022, has been launched to coincide with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Oceania National Olympic Committees secretary general Ricardo Blas has issued a warning for athletes and officials that they follow the Tokyo 2020 playbooks.

Algeria’s super-heavyweight medal contender Walid Bidani has been forced out of tomorrow's competition after testing positive for COVID-19.

Paris 2024 and Milan Cortina 2026 have signed a collaboration agreement they have described as "ambitious" - with the aim of delivering more "sustainable, innovative and spectacular" Olympics.

South Korea's Park Inbee is aiming to defend her Olympic crown and will play with the two other Rio 2016 medallists when the women's golf competition gets underway here at the Tokyo 2020.

Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan denied favourite and world record holder Simon Martirosyan to claim a sensational victory in the men’s 109 kilograms category at the Tokyo International Forum.

Across the first nine days of action, over 100 million people have watched Discovery's Tokyo 2020 Olympics coverage in Europe, excluding Russia, while a further 175 million have watched via Discovery's sublicense agreements with partner free-to-air broadcasters.

Japan's Yamato Fujita has been named the softball Most Valuable Player at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as former United States star Jessica Mendez described the day of the medal matches as a "fantastic day".

When Armand Duplantis, Katerina Stefanidi and their rivals go for Olympic gold in Tokyo this week, they will be vaulting on the shoulders of giants. A remarkable succession of these early champions came from the same friendly English market town that spawned comedian Stan Laurel.

Georgia’s national shot put record holder Benik Abramyan, who was due to take part in this evening’s qualifying competition, has been provisionally suspended from competition following an adverse finding in an out-of-competition test on July 31.

Swimmers Chad Le Clos and Jérémy Desplanches visited the official showcasing of timekeeper Omega here at Tokyo 2020.