2020 Summer Olympics
2021 multi-sport event in Tokyo, Japan
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The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and officially branded as Tokyo 2020, were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 September 2013.
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Peaty calls for greater anti-doping transparencyOlympic champion Adam Peaty calls for greater anti-doping transparency in sport after it emerged 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo 2020 Games.BBC Sport - Published | |
Seven-time Olympic medallist Simone Biles makes return to gymnastics Olympic champion Simone Biles is set to make a comeback to gymnastics after bowing out of multiple events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health.Sky News - Published | |
Olympic sailing gold medallist McIntyre retires Great Britain's Eilidh McIntyre - Olympic gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 - retires from professional sailing.BBC Sport - Published | |
British skateboarder becomes world champion at the age of 14 British skateboarder Sky Brown, who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has become a world champion at the age of 14.Sky News - Published | |
LA Paralympic programme to retain same 22 sports The 2028 LA Paralympic Games will retain the same 22 sports as the rescheduled Tokyo Games and the 2024 Paris programme.BBC Sport - Published | |
Belarus coach charged with harassing sprinter A Belarus athletics coach who allegedly tried to force an athlete to fly home from the Tokyo Olympics is charged with improper conduct.BBC Sport - Published | |
Sprinter Ross banned until 2025 for faking email Randolph Ross, part of the United States' gold-winning 4x400m squad at the Tokyo Olympics, is banned for three years for faking an email to doping officials.BBC Sport - Published | |
CJ Ujah: British sprinter banned for 22 months following failed drug testBritish sprinter CJ Ujah is banned for 22 months after testing positive for two banned substances at the Tokyo Olympics.BBC Sport - Published | |
Max Whitlock: Olympic champion felt like 'complete failure' after retirement thoughtsThree-time Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock "felt like a complete failure" when he contemplated stepping away from the sport after the Tokyo Games.BBC Sport - Published | |
Swimming cap for afro hair approved after it was banned at Tokyo Olympics A ban on swimming caps designed to protect natural black hair has been lifted by the International Swimming Federation (FINA).Sky News - Published | |
Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith third on return since injury at Tokyo OlympicsWatch as Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith finishes third in the 200m at the opening meeting of the Diamond League in Doha, Qatar as America's Gabrielle Thomas is first with Jamaica's Shericka Jackson..BBC Sport - Published | |
Liz Kincaid: Gymnastics coach was pulled from Tokyo Olympics squad after serious allegations madeLiz Kincaid was pulled from Great Britain's gymnastics coaching squad just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics after a serious allegation was made against her.BBC Sport - Published | |
Eya Guezguez: Tunisian Olympic sailor dies aged 17 after training accidentSailor Eya Guezguez, Tunisia's youngest competitor at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, dies aged 17 after a training accident on Sunday.BBC Sport - Published | Dina Asher-Smith: British 100m record holder a ‘stronger athlete’ after Tokyo 2020 disappointmentGreat Britain's Dina Asher-Smith says she is a 'stronger athlete' after Tokyo 2020 and will race over 100m at the Birmingham Diamond League.BBC Sport - Published |
CJ Ujah: Great Britain lose Tokyo Olympics relay medal after doping violationGreat Britain are stripped of the silver medal won in the 4x100 metre relay at the Tokyo Olympics because of CJ Ujah's doping violation.BBC Sport - Published | Sports Personality 2021: Sky Brown wins Young SPOTY awardSkateboarder Sky Brown is named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2021 after becoming Great Britain's youngest Olympic medallist at the Tokyo Games.BBC Sport - Published |
British Swimming gets £1.5m funding boost as UK Sport invests £11.2mBritish Swimming receives a £1.5m funding increase from UK Sport after enjoying a record haul of eight medals at the Tokyo Olympics.BBC Sport - Published | Olympian Agnes Tirop Found Stabbed To Death At 25Agnes Tirop, an elite Kenyan long-distance runner who finished 4th at the Tokyo Olympics, was tragically found stabbed to death in her home, according to a Kenyan athletic commission. She was only 25..TMZ.com - Published |
Kenyan athletics star who set new world record last month found 'stabbed to death' at home Kenyan runner and world record holder Agnes Tirop, who represented her country at the Tokyo Olympics, has been found dead at her home.Sky News - Published | Elinor Barker: Olympic cyclist reveals she won Tokyo silver while expecting first childWelsh cyclist Elinor Barker reveals she is expecting her first child and was pregnant when she won silver at the Tokyo Olympics.BBC Sport - Published |
London Marathon: Charlotte Purdue happy with personal best after Tokyo Olympics omissionCharlotte Purdue says she "definitely feels" she can put her Tokyo Olympics omission "behind me" after setting a personal best in the London Marathon.BBC Sport - Published | Tokyo Olympics: Belarus coaches who tried to send Krystsina Tsimanouskaya home to be investigatedAn investigation has been opened into two Belarus coaches who allegedly tried to force an athlete to fly home from the Tokyo Olympics.BBC Sport - Published |
Simone Biles says she 'should have quit way before' Tokyo Olympic GamesFour-time Olympic champion Simone Biles says she "should have quit way before Tokyo" after withdrawing from five of her six finals in Japan.BBC Sport - Published | WSL: Shelina Zadorsky wants to bring feeling of Olympic success back to TottenhamTottenham Hotspur captain Shelina Zadorsky tells the Women's Football Show she wants to bring the feeling of success she had winning gold at Tokyo 2020 back to Spurs.BBC Sport - Published |
Sailing: Anna Burnet and John Gimson win Nacra 17 European ChampionshipTokyo 2020 silver medallists John Gimson and Anna Burnet win the Nacra 17 European Championship title following their Olympic success.BBC Sport - Published | CJ Ujah: British Olympic 4x100m relay silver medallist's 'B' sample positiveBritish Olympic silver medallist CJ Ujah's 'B' sample tests positive, following his initial positive test at the Tokyo Olympics.BBC Sport - Published |
Usain Bolt talks music, Tokyo 2020, world records and Cristiano RonaldoEight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt talks to BBC Sport's Ade Adedoyin about his ambitions for a career in music, Tokyo 2020, the women's 100m world record, and Cristiano Ronaldo's return to..BBC Sport - Published | England: Sarina Wiegman names first squad since becoming managerSarina Wiegman includes 16 members of the British Tokyo Olympics team in her first England squad since becoming manager.BBC Sport - Published |
Ellie Simmonds says Paralympic career is over after missing out on medalEllie Simmonds says her Paralympic career is at an end after missing out on a medal in her final race of the Tokyo Games.BBC Sport - Published | Tokyo Paralympics: Wheelchair racer Andrew Small and archer Phoebe Paterson Pine win goldsAndrew Small wins his first Paralympic title in the T33 100m as Phoebe Paterson Pine takes archery gold on her Games debut on day six of Tokyo 2020.BBC Sport - Published |
Tokyo Paralympics: Sarah Storey wins 15th Paralympic goldBritain's Sarah Storey wins her 15th Paralympic title for Britain's first gold medal at the Tokyo Games.BBC Sport - Published | BMX World Championships: Bethany Shriever takes women's final to add to Olympic titleBethany Shriever completes an Olympic and World double as the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist wins the final of the women's BMX World Championships.BBC Sport - Published |
Tokyo Paralympics: Sarah Storey aims to become Britain's most successful ParalympianSarah Storey has the chance to become Britain's most successful Paralympian of all time at the Tokyo 2020 Games.BBC Sport - Published | Paralympics: Tokyo Games chief highlights 'very difficult situation'The Paralympics will take place in "a very difficult situation", say organisers as daily cases of Covid in Japan breach 25,000 for the first time.BBC Sport - Published |
Polish Olympian auctions silver medal to pay for baby's lifesaving heart surgery A Polish Olympian has auctioned her silver medal from the Tokyo Games to raise money for an eight-month-old baby's heart surgery.Sky News - Published | Lamont Marcell Jacobs: Tokyo Olympics 100m champion won't run again until 2022Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs says he will not compete again until next year.BBC Sport - Published |
Team GB bronze medal-winning twins 'thrilled' with GCSE results as they celebrate more success Twins, who won bronze in the gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics, celebrated another success after receiving their GCSE results on Thursday.Sky News - Published | Sophie Christiansen: Paralympian heartbroken to be out of Games due to 'vet issue' with horseEight-time equestrian Paralympic champion Sophie Christiansen is 'heartbroken' to be out of Tokyo 2020.BBC Sport - Published |
McKayla Maroney Says Simone Biles Is The G.O.A.T. Gymnast, Period!Simone Biles is the greatest gymnastic ever ... and NOTHING from the 2020 Olympics changes her G.O.A.T. status, so says gold medalist McKayla Maroney. TMZ Sports talked to Maroney at Enso Studio art..TMZ.com - Published | 'Bring back Superstars': Adam Peaty calls for Team GB's Olympic champions to compete on TV show Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty has called for the return of TV show Superstars so all the champions of the Tokyo Games can compete against each other at "multiple disciplines".Sky News - Published |
The Hundred: London Spirit's Deandra Dottin on her Olympic dreamWest Indies superstar Deandra Dottin speaks to ECB rising reporter Cameron Ponsonby about her Olympic dream, and the battle she faced to not be at Tokyo 2020.BBC Sport - Published | Deepender Hooda welcomes Tokyo Olympics medal winners at Delhi airportIndiaTimes - Published |
Tokyo Olympics: Team GB athletes return from 2020 GamesWatch the final Team GB Olympic athletes return home after competing at the Tokyo 2020 Games.BBC Sport - Published | 'Not just medal, you have won hearts': Anurag Thakur felicitates OlympiansThis year India has won seven medals at the Tokyo Olympics which has been the best ever performance till date.DNA - Published |
Tokyo Olympics: BBC Sport confirms record 104 million online viewing requestsBBC Sport's coverage of the Olympic Games sees a record-breaking 104 million requests to watch Tokyo 2020 online.BBC Sport - Published | BMX freestyle: British Cycling plans to form national competition from 2022BMX freestyle could have its first national competition after "capturing the attention" of the UK at Tokyo 2020.BBC Sport - Published |
Tokyo 2020: Look back at the greatest moments of the 2020 Olympics in TokyoBBC Sport takes a look back at some of the greatest moments from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.BBC Sport - Published | Renaming Khel Ratna award not people's wish, but 'political game': Shiv SenaIndia's highest sporting honour Khel Ratna Award, which was named after former PM Rajiv Gandhi, was on Friday rechristened in the honour of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand, following the admirable..IndiaTimes - Published |
Tokyo Olympics: Marathon runner Morhad Amdouni knocks over line of water bottles while trying to grab oneFrench marathon runner Morhad Amdouni knocks over a row of water bottles while trying to grab one during the Tokyo Olympics.BBC Sport - Published | Tokyo Olympics quiz: How much do you remember from Tokyo 2020?How much do you remember from the past 16 days of electric competition?BBC Sport - Published |
