Going by current rankings, the first-round clash between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Britain's Andy Murray at the Tokyo Olympics would seem like a mismatch.

Tokyo Olympics tennis: Felix Auger-Aliassime set for 'big challenge' against Andy Murray

Former European 400 metres hurdles champion Kariem Hussein is out of the Tokyo Olympics after the Swiss athlete was given a nine-month doping suspension, officials said on Friday.

Tokyo Olympics: Swiss hurdler Kariem Hussein out of Games after doping ban

The world's No. 1 recurve archer Deepika Kumari finished ninth in the women's ranking round. She finished with 663 points out of a potential 720, hitting 30 10s and 13 X's in her 72 arrows.

Tokyo Olympics: Archer Deepika Kumari finishes 9th in ranking round; partner with Pravin Jadhav in mixed event

Japanese residents may be worried about the prospect of a typhoon forming off the coast next week, but the surfers taking part in the Olympic Games are welcoming the possibility of some big waves with open arms.

Olympic Games: Tokyo eyes typhoon forecast, but surfers say bring it on

German female gymnasts will choose whether they want to wear full body-suits in Sunday's qualifications at the Tokyo Olympics after receiving accolades for donning the outfits in the past in a stand against the sexualisation of their sport.

Tokyo 2020 - Gymnastics: German women take a stand in full-body suits in Tokyo

Four-time Olympian Emma Twigg's latest battle for the podium got off to a roaring start on Friday, as compelling matchups in the men's and women's single sculls began to take shape on the first day of Olympic rowing at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo.

Olympics Games 2020: Rowing-Twigg, Borch blaze through field as Tokyo competition kicks off

China's Hou Zhihui, current world record holder in the lightest women's category, may smash her own record on Saturday when the Tokyo 2020 weightlifting begins, and take the first gold for her country.

Tokyo 2020: Olympics Weightlifting- China poised to bag first Tokyo gold

As the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games kickstarted on July 23 morning, the threat of coronavirus has still not faded away. With the aim of being safe in the pandemic, International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to conduct the games without fans in stadiums this year.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic games: Here's how and where you can watch the live games and opening ceremony

South Korean women archers took the top three places in qualification on Friday, with one breaking an Olympic record that stood for 25 years along the way, as the team aims for the longest gold medal streak at the Olympics.

Olympics 2020: South Korean women sweep Archery qualifying, eye longest gold streak

Syria's Hend Zaza was just five when she first picked up a table tennis paddle, and now the 12-year-old is the youngest person to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Zaza shot to fame overnight in her war-torn country last year after beating a Lebanese rival in her forties to win the West Asia championships, qualifying her for the Olympics.

Syria's table tennis tween navigates 'tough' road to Olympics 2020

Muslim athletes in Tokyo for the Olympics marked a pared-down Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, thousands of miles from their loved ones with shared prayers and cheery online messages.

Olympics 2020: Muslim Olympians celebrate Eid far from home in Tokyo

The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is benefited from more gender diversity. India is one of the countries that have profited the most from the surge in female athletes. In a historic event for India, the country has sent 56 female athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, making it the country's largest female contingent at the Summer Games.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India's highest-ever female participants

Indian men's hockey team has gone through a lot of highs and lows in the last few years however the year 2019 has certainly finished on a superior note as the team sealed the Olympic spot after crushing Russia in a two-match season finisher at the last phase of FIH Olympic qualifiers in Bhubaneshwar.

Tokyo Olympics: Three players to watch out for in India men's Hockey team

Many Olympic nations are expected to demonstrate their support for gender equality and racial justice on Friday night with their selections of athletes to carry flags at the opening ceremony.

Tokyo 2020: Flagbearers to send messages of equality and justice at opening ceremony

All 29 athletes in the Olympic refugee team will march behind the Olympic flag at the Tokyo Games opening ceremony on Friday, an organiser said, to represent the more than 82 million displaced people across the globe.

Tokyo Olympics: All athletes in refugee team to join opening ceremony

Olympic Games' super fan, Kyoko Ishikawa, gears up for Covid-ridden Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo Olympics organising committee announced on Friday that 110 people have been infected with the coronavirus as a result of the Games. The coronavirus has been diagnosed in 19 persons, including three who are living at the Olympic Village in the capital's Harumi seaside district.

Tokyo Olympics: COVID-19 cases among Games-related persons cross 100

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have finally started. After being postponed for nearly a year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo is ready to host one of the biggest and most controversial games.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: A guide of main events schedule and timings

The Tokyo Organising Committee stated Thursday that Kentaro Kobayashi, the director of the Olympics opening ceremony, has been removed from his position following news reports concerning his past statements about the Holocaust.

Director of Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony ousted over past comments on Holocaust

Every other country had a drinks stall after every 2 kilometres but India's stalls, she said, were devoid of officials

'I could have died there,' says Indian marathoner OP Jaisha who collapsed after Rio run

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