Badminton star PV Sindhu, who became the first Indian woman athlete to win two individual Olympic medals, spoke exclusively to WION's Digvijay Singh Deo. She said that winning the elusive medal for the country was important for her.

EXCLUSIVE: Winning for my country was important, says Indian badminton star PV Sindhu on her Olympics bronze

The organisers of Tokyo Olympics 2020 are probing an incident related to athletes that were found "drinking alcohol" in the Olympic village. The incident is now been attended to by the police too.

Tokyo 2020: Police investigate as athletes involved in 'drinking incident' in Olympic Village

Australia's Emma McKeon experienced pride and disbelief in equal measures after winning two more golds at the Tokyo Games on Sunday as she became the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics: Australia's Emma McKeon becomes first female swimmer to win 7 medals at single Games

Gymnastics great Simone Biles has withdrawn from the Olympic floor final, leaving the American with just one more chance of competition at the Tokyo Games, USA Gymnastics said Sunday.

Tokyo 2020- Simone Biles withdraws from another Olympic final: USA Gymnastics

Indian star badminton player PV Sindhu will now focus on the bronze medal match after losing the women's singles semifinal at Tokyo Olympics 2020. To book a place on the podium, The 2016 Rio silver medallist Sindhu will face He Bingjiao on August 1 (Sunday) at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza.

Tokyo Olympics: India's star badminton player PV Sindhu to face He Bingjiao in bronze medal match

Olympics: As PV Sindhu wins bronze for India, a look at her outstanding journey at Tokyo 2020

Newly-crowned Olympic singles tennis champion, Belinda Bencic, has dedicated her gold medal to Swiss great Roger Federer, whose pre-match message inspired her to victory in Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics: Belinda Bencic dedicates singles gold to idols Roger Federer, Martina Hingis

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, who was ruled out of the Olympics after being temporarily banned for testing positive for cannabis, on Sunday applauded Jamaica's sweep of the 100 metres led by Elaine Thompson-Herah`s record-breaking performance.

Tokyo Olympics athletics: US sprinter Richardson applauds Jamaica's 100m clean sweep

Sjoerd Marijne, the coach of the Indian women's hockey team believes that the pressure will be on Australia in the quarter-final clash at Tokyo Olympics 2020. The Rani Rampal-led team will take on the Pool B toppers Australia in their maiden quarter-final appearance at Olympics Games on Monday (August 2).

Tokyo Olympics: Indian women's hockey coach says pressure will be on Australia in quarter-final

Tokyo games organisers said on Sunday (August 1) that they had revoked the accreditation of two Georgian athletes for violating measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Tokyo Olympics: Two Georgians have accreditations withdrawn over sightseeing trip

Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has said that the T20 format was enough to take the sport into the Olympics amid ongoing discussion over the re-inclusion of cricket into the Games.

'Fulfilling the Olympic dream': Ian Chappell says T20 format enough to take cricket into Olympics

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

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 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

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.

Tokyo Olympics athletics: Thompson-Herah leads Jamaican sweep of women's 100m

World number one Novak Djokovic said he was "not sure" about his fitness for the US Open after pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics mixed doubles bronze medal match with a shoulder injury on Saturday.

Tokyo 2020: Novak Djokovic 'not sure' about US Open fitness after Olympics nightmare

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu faced defeat in the semi-final of women's badminton singles event at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics by Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei. Sindhu lost to the world number one in straight games 18-21, 12-21 on Saturday (July 31).

Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu goes down fighting, loses to Tai Tzu-Ying in semis

Kenya's Mark Otieno, a 100 metres sprinter, has tested positive for a banned substance, Team Kenya said in a statement, and will not take part in the Olympic qualifying heats on Saturday.

Tokyo Olympics athletics: Kenyan sprinter tests positive for banned substance, team says

Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta defeated Novak Djokovic in three sets to take the bronze medal in the tennis men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on July 31 (Saturday).

Tokyo Olympics tennis: Spain's Carreno Busta defeats Novak Djokovic to win bronze medal

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu posed with the elusive medal that she won in Weightlifting Women's 49kg category. She said that after working hard for four years, winning the medal was a "dream come true" and she is still letting the feeling sink in.

Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai Chanu poses with silver medal, says 'letting this feeling sink in' - see pics