Olympics

Simone Biles made a fearless return to competition on Tuesday, capping a tumultuous Tokyo Games with a bronze medal on the balance beam. The final gold of the women’s ...

The Olympics governing body was probing Belarus’ treatment of an athlete seeking refuge while Norway’s Karsten Warholm demolished a world record on the track and Simone Biles was set ...

Simone Biles will compete in the balance beam competition, officials said on Monday, in what would be the US superstar gymnast’s last chance for gold in Tokyo after pulling ...

Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men’s long jump in the most dramatic fashion on Monday as he leapt 8.41 metres in his final attempt to snatch the gold medal ...

A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she was taken to the airport by her team against her wishes was “safe and secure” in Tokyo, ...

Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim added a coveted Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men’s high jump in Tokyo on Sunday, but he had to share ...

By Elaine Lies Simone Biles will not compete in Monday’s floor exercise final, leaving her with just one more event to win another medal at the Tokyo Games. USA ...

Cyprus sailor Pavlos Kontides on Sunday morning failed in his attempt to bring home a second Olympic medal. He came in fourth in the laser category, just three points behind ...

Tokyo Games organisers said they are investigating after a group of athletes were found drinking alcohol in the Olympic village this week, violating measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ...

If Gian Marco Berti argues like a lawyer about why he cannot take up shooting full time even after winning an Olympic silver in Tokyo, it is because he is ...

Defending champion Elaine Thompson-Herah led home a Jamaican clean sweep in the Olympic women’s 100 metres final on Saturday, posting an amazing 10.61 seconds to become the second-fastest woman in history. ...

World number one and 20-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will leave the Olympics without a medal for the third Games in succession after pulling out of Saturday’s mixed ...

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 ...