Olympics

Pavlos Kontidis had a setback during the final day of sailing’s laser races at the Tokyo Olympics, falling to fourth place in the overall standings. The Cypriot finished eighth ...

Novak Djokovic was beaten 1-6 6-3 6-1 by Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals of the men’s singles at the Tokyo Games, dashing the Serbian’s dream of ...

Cypriot track and field star Apostolos Pareliis was unable to reach the men’s discus final in Tokyo on Friday as he finished in 16th place out of 32 competitors after ...

Broadcasters will not be taking home any gold medals for how many people have watched the Tokyo Olympic Games so far. In several major markets around the world, the TV ...

An American swimmer sparked controversy at the Tokyo Games on Friday when he said it would take a long time to clear his sport of doping after losing his Olympic ...

The final day of Olympic rowing at Tokyo’s Sea Forest Waterway delivered thrills as four-time Olympian Emma Twigg of New Zealand and Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos raced Olympic best ...

The post-Usain Bolt era in the Olympic 100 metres begins this weekend as the United States seek to regain supremacy in the event they dominated for more than a century. Jamaican ...

Belinda Bencic could become the first woman to clinch a singles tennis gold for Switzerland after she booked a place in the Olympic final with a hard-won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 ...

Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides suffered what was described as the biggest injustice of his career at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday when he was punished for allegedly ‘pumping’ during the ...

Male puberty is not the sole factor in ascertaining whether transgender athletes have an advantage over competitors, the International Olympic Committee’s medical chief said on Thursday. New Zealand’s ...

Caeleb Dressel won the blue riband men’s 100m freestyle as the United States celebrated two gold medals in the Tokyo pool on Thursday while China’s women responded with ...

Cypriot athletes began to find their rhythm in the windsurfing competitions at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday to maintain their positions in the general classification. According to the Cyprus Olympic ...

The United States got back on track in their quest for a fourth consecutive men’s basketball gold medal on Wednesday with a 54 point blowout win against Iran buoyed by ...

French Open finalists Stefanos Tsitsipas and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bowed out of the Olympic singles on Wednesday, while world number two Daniil Medvedev advanced but was one of several players to ...

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus and Japan’s Yui Ohashi won their second gold medals in Tokyo while Britain picked up their third swimming gold with an impressive victory in the ...

With the Olympics still digesting U.S. gymnast Simone Biles’s stunning exit from the team event, champion women made a splash in Tokyo on Wednesday as Australian Ariarne Titmus, ...

After two days of hitting flying clay objects at the Asaka Shooting Range, Naoko Ishihara’s trusted shotgun fell silent as she prepared to return to a 1,300-year-old shrine in ...

Simone Biles’ bid for a record six gold medals at the Tokyo Games ended abruptly on Tuesday when she dropped out of the women’s team final after one vault ...

Cyprus star Pavlos Kontides leads the standings after the sixth race in sailing’s laser category at Tokyo 2020 on Tuesday. The Cypriot, who won the silver medal at London 2012, scored ...

Wind and rain buffeted the Tokyo region on Tuesday causing delays to Olympic competition and event rescheduling, while tennis superstar Naomi Osaka exited the Games after she was beaten in ...

Britain enjoyed a one-two success in the men’s 200m freestyle on Tuesday, while Russian swimmers ended U.S. dominance in the 100m backstroke and Kaylee McKeown gave Australia’s ...

Cypriot sailors put in improved performances on their second day at the Tokyo Olympics. According to the Cyprus Olympic Committee’s representative Argyris Argyrou, Pavlos Kontides rose to third place ...

Cypriot skeet shooters performed admirably at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday but came up just short of qualification to the finals. Andri Eleftheriou, Giorgos Achilleos and Dimitris Konstantinou all put ...

Japan mined more gold on Monday as sentiment towards the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics appeared to shift, and local fans defied organisers to grab a glimpse of the Games. Pint-sized 13-year-old ...