The organising committee of Tokyo Olympics reported 18 more Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Sunday (August 1), bringing the total Games-linked number since July 1 to 259.

Tokyo Olympics: 18 more Games-related COVID-19 cases reported, total at 259

Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova beat Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic 7-5, 6-1 in the women's doubles tennis final in Tokyo on Sunday to clinch their country's first Olympic gold in the sport.

Tokyo Olympics tennis: Top-seeded Czech team win women's doubles gold over Swiss pair

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) wants to extend the Olympics schedule for the sport to 11 days from nine to ensure adequate rest for players and to manage hot summer conditions for the Paris 2024 Games and beyond.

Olympics: Tennis - Organisers seek to extend Games' schedule to 11 days for Paris onwards

The Indian men's hockey team will confront Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the Olympics 2021. The Indians, who were guaranteed of a spot in the knock outs, beat Japan 5-3 in their last match in Group while Great Britain held World Champions Belgium to a 2-2 attract their final Group B clash.

Tokyo Olympics: Team India takes on Great Britain in men's Hockey quarter-finals

Former Pakistani cricketer Salman Butt has criticised Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson and called him "lazy". After India's tour of Sri Lanka, Samson has been facing flak for a below-average show in Colombo.

'Seems like a lazy batsman to me': Salman Butt on Sanju Samson's performance

Newly-reported COVID-19 cases in Olympic host city Tokyo surged to a record high of 4,058 on Saturday, the metropolitan government said, exceeding 4,000 for the first time and overshadowing the Games.

Olympics: Tokyo daily COVID-19 infections hit record high

Pakistan's former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has offered a piece of advice to all pacers of India for the upcoming Test series against England. Virat Kohli-led team India will lock horns with England in a five-match series that will kick-off with the first match scheduled to begin on August 4 in Nottingham.

Cricket - Shoaib Akhtar's advice to Indian pacers for England series: 'Remember to hit the deck with a lot of aggression'

Poland scored an upset win in the inaugural Olympic 4x400 metres mixed relay on Saturday, with Dominican Republic picking up silver and the United States taking bronze.

Tokyo Olympics athletics: Poland win first 4x400m mixed relay gold

Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina was filled with a mixed sense of awe and trepidation as she watched the gravity-defying - and at times treacherous - routines of Simone Biles as the American set out to break her Olympic gold-medal record.

Olympics: 'I'm a little afraid' - Soviet champion says of modern gymnastics after Biles exit

World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Olympics women's singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympic Games tennis gold.

Tokyo Olympics tennis: Belinda Bencic beats Czech Vondrousova to win women's singles gold

Indian cricketers and brothers Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya have reportedly moved into a luxury 8(4+4)BHK apartment that is filled with over-the-top amenities.

Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya's luxurious 8-BHK apartment has over-the-top amenities - see pics

Indian women's hockey team has qualified for the quarter-finals at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after Great Britain defeated Ireland 2-0 in the last game of Pool A.

Tokyo Olympics: Indian women's hockey team qualifies for quarter-finals

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