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Former Olympic champion is still excited about UK Sport’s future – not only in terms of medals but having a positive impact on society“We are asking hard questions like who might be facing bankruptcy in the short term, because that’s the reality right …
Critics balked at the price tag, but it turns out hosting the 2012 Games paid dividends for the city’s wellbeing The rocketing cost of staging Olympic Games has made it too expensive for many cities to contemplate. In the bidding to host the 2024 Games…
Fifa alters rules for intended under-23 men’s tournamentCountries can still select three over-age playersFifa has extended the age limit for the men’s football tournament at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics to 24 from 23. Following the Games’ postponemen…
Schedule to feature London 2012 opening ceremony and Euro 96Pundits pick top Premier League games for Match of their DayCoronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverageThe BBC is preparing to unleash the power of nostalgia in a bid to he…
Handful of national governing bodies face an existential threat‘Sports like ours will find it very difficult to recover’Some British sporting bodies, including those sending athletes to next year’s Olympics, fear they could go under because of the coro…
Gymnast was set to be one of the stars of this summer’s GamesAmerican says she agrees with decision to delay Tokyo OlympicsSimone Biles has spoken of her fears of the mental toll on athletes as they ponder an extra year of preparation for the Tokyo Oly…
Haruyuki Takahasi lobbied IOC members to try to win votesTakahashi received significant funds from Tokyo bid committee New questions about Tokyo’s successful bid for the 2020 Olympics have been raised after a businessman admitted he had given digital c…
Britain’s two-time taekwondo gold medallist is staying positive following the Tokyo Games move to summer 2021 – partly because it means she can still create historyA week since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed in response to the coronavirus outbreak t…
Games will run from 23 July to 8 AugustParalympics will take place from 24 August to 5 SeptemberCoronavirus – latest updatesNext year’s Tokyo Olympics will now officially open on 23 July 2021 – 364 days later than planned – in order to give organisers …
‘Sport, on this occasion, had to take a back seat,’ says CoeAtheletes’ wellbeing became the priority in postponing GamesSebastian Coe has said the postponement of the Olympics was necessary in order to safeguard the psychological wellbeing of athletes…
Great Britain’s hockey captain, who played a key part in the Rio gold, believes the postponement of the Olympics will give extra time to develop her young squadWhen Hollie Pearne-Webb was growing up, she had an indoor pastime that drove her mum potty. …
British Olympic Association chairman Sir Denis Follows was determined not to join the Moscow Games boycott in 1980, to the fury of the prime ministerSir Denis Follows, 71, short and bald, started every day’s work by opening his post. It was a habit he’…
Games officials have the power to purge profiteering from elite competition and rewrite how we watch and enjoy sportCitius. Altius. Cancelled by a bat virus. In the end the decision to postpone the Olympic Games came as no surprise to anyone. Tokyo 202…
Members of national boxing team shown at training facilitiesVideos posted after return from Olympic event in LondonSeveral members of Russia’s national boxing team have posted online pictures or videos that appear to show them flouting self-isolation r…
IOC accused of being putting athletes’ health in jeopardy Two Turkish boxers and head coach test positive for virusCoronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverageThe International Olympic Committee has been accused of being putting athl…