Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a shock gold in the […]
Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Elaine Thompson-Herah became the second-fastest woman in history as she […]
Simone Biles has pulled out of Sunday’s vault and uneven bars gymnastics finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The four-time Olympic champion, 24, withdrew from Tuesday’s women’s team final as well as Thursday’s individual all-around final saying she had to focus on her mental health. The American is yet to decide if she will compete […]
Indian badminton champion PV Sindhu has progressed to the semi-finals in Tokyo after a thrilling win that keeps her country’s hopes for a gold medal alive. The 26-year-old defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-13 and 22-20 on Friday. Sindhu, who is one of India’s top medal hopes this time, won a silver at the last Olympics […]
Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. American gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles has […]
Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. She had to put her own medal round her neck […]
The victims of the terror attack at the Munich Olympics have been remembered during Tokyo’s opening ceremony, the first time in nearly half a century. A moment’s silence commemorated the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian gunmen in 1972. Families of the victims had for years been urging Olympic organisers to honour them at an […]
By Katie FalkinghamBBC Sport Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. The honour fell to Naomi Osaka […]
By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport Venue: Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Date: Friday, 23 July Starts: 12:00 BST Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text on BBC Sport website and app. The Tokyo Olympic Games are upon us. They look and feel different to any other Games of times gone by, […]
Two South Africa footballers have become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus in the athletes’ village in Tokyo – five days before the start of the Olympic Games. Meanwhile, six athletes and two staff members from Team GB’s athletics team are self-isolating after being identified as close contacts of an individual who tested […]
