New IOC members elected, Tokyo 2020 organizers praised as IOC session ends
IOC members approve a change that could have consequences for the International Weightlifting Federation
Karate stars on its Olympic debut as all eight golds go to different nations
Japan, Spain, Egypt, Italy, Bulgaria, France, Iran and Serbia all hit the gold medal trail in karate at Tokyo 2020.
U.S. Sweeps Olympic golf gold medals as Nelly Korda claims victory
Korda holds off surging opponents to win women’s individual stroke play tournament by one shot as storms subside.
Japan, Italy and Serbia strike for gold on day two of karate competition
All six gold medals have been won by different countries, illustrating how competitive the sport is at the elite level and how prominent it is worldwide.
Heavyweight glory for USA’s wrestling phenom Steveson, who nets $250,000 for his last-second win
The gold medal was secured at the death, with a pair of late takedowns including one with less than a second remaining.
A success story for the IOC and Thomas Bach: new Olympic sports and the growth of mixed events
The president himself admitted the doubts he had before the additions, but the passage of surfing, climbing, skateboarding and karate to Tokyo 2020 was as successful as it was promising, and contributed to adding joy to the Games. The mixed events were another success.
Thomas Bach on the success of Tokyo 2020: “the athletes gave these Olympic Games a great Olympic soul”
Bach believes feelings of togetherness and gratefulness among the athletes created this atmosphere around the Games
Karate’s first Olympic champions crowned as the sport makes its debut in Tokyo
Sandra Sanchez Jaime of Spain wins karate’s first Olympic gold medal in the women’s kata event
Kazakh wrestler Sanayev earns bronze despite biting semifinal opponent
United World Wrestling reviewed the biting incident, ruling that no disciplinary action against Sanayev was warranted.
Women’s Olympic golf tournament could be shortened as tropical storm looms
American Nelly Korda fires Olympic record 62, leads by four shots after two rounds
Ryan Crouser honors late grandfather with gold medal winning, Olympic record shot put toss
Veteran U.S. shot putter defends Rio 2016 Olympic title with a series of incredible marks. U.S. rival Joe Kovacs claims silver as Americans continue storied tradition in the event
Japanese skateboarders reign, taking gold and silver as teens sweep the podium
The host country has won all three events and five of the nine medals handed out so far in the new Olympic sport.
“Mondo” Duplantis delivers, soaring to Olympic pole vault gold
The Swede nearly breaks his own World Record of 6.18m. American Chris Nilsen rises to the occasion and nabs silver.
Father sought, son seeks: volleyball gives the Conte family a third chance
Hugo and Facundo Conte, father and son and a great story of success and passion in the sport of Argentina, will seek on Thursday to advance to the finals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Chinese gold medalists could be in trouble with IOC for wearing Mao pins
IOC is also looking into the gesture made by USA shotput silver medalist Raven Saunders for a possible violation of Rule 50
IOC, Tokyo 2020 meeting with Belarusian athlete who sought police protection at Haneda airport
IOC says Krystsina Tsimanouskaya “feels safe” with authorities after refusing to board a flight home against her will
Weightlifter Neisi Dajomes Barrera becomes the first woman from Ecuador to be crowned an Olympic champion
Kate Nye of the United States wins silver, the best weightlifting result in 21 years for her country
With consistent play and an unflappable demeanor, American Xander Schauffele wins Olympic golf gold medal
Seven-player playoff for bronze medal, spanning four holes and requiring more than one hour claimed by C.T. Pan of Chinese Taipei. Japan’s Matsuyama misses bronze medal putt on 18.
Italy reigns supreme in the 100m to succeed Usain Bolt: Lamont Marcell Jacobs is the new king
It was an historic night for Italian sport, because only minutes before the “azzurri” had won gold in the high jump with Gianmarco Tamberi sharing the gold medal with Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim .
Arley Méndez, the weightlifter who smoked cannabis looking to test positive to get rid of the pressure of the Games
The Chilean-Cuban weightlifter Arley Mendez smoked marijuana to deliberately test positive in a control prior to the Games. After finishing last in his category, he exploded and confessed that he suffers from depression.
The Yomiuri Shimbun: Olympics must not be blamed for people letting their guard down
The newspaper, one of Japan’s two largest, took a position this weekend in its editorial pages on why it does not believe there is a link between the rise in covid-19 cases in the country and the Olympic Games. Around the Rings reproduces the English translation provided by the newspaper of its Japanese-language editorial.
Media zone star Ruby Tui fulfills her dream as New Zealand win women’s rugby sevens gold
The Black Ferns banish memories of their loss to Australia in the Rio 2016 final as they clinch the only title missing from their collection
Goals galore as 2012 champions Mexico beat South Korea 6-3 to reach men’s football semis
Japan, Spain and Brazil also advance with the host nation edging New Zealand in a penalty shootout
Kenyan sprinter Odhiambo provisionally suspended for alleged anti-doping rules violation
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare also provisionally suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone.
Lost in translation: Djokovic leaves Tokyo with more wounds than he expected and worried about the US Open, the tournament where he wants to make big history
The world number one player suffered three defeats between Friday and Saturday. After losing his two chances to fight for that Olympic gold he never won, he lost the dispute for the bronze in singles and gave up looking for it in the mixed doubles.
