Ons Jabeur intends to fly the flag for Tunisia and beyond at the Tokyo Olympics, hoping to inspire more young Arab women to take up tennis, especially in North Africa.

Tokyo Olympics: Tunisian trailblazer Ons Jabeur dreams of tennis gold

India’s Olympic medalist, Sushil Kumar, will be able to watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games from behind the bars as he is currently in Tihar Jail. Kumar is in jail after he was accused of the murder of wrestler Sagar Dhankad at Chhatrasal Stadium.

Jailed Olympian medallist, Sushil Kumar, gets access to TV in Tihar Jail to watch Tokyo 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron will also be present in the stands of Olympics Stadium to witness the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2020. Macron arrived in Tokyo on Friday for his two-day trip to Japan.

Tokyo Olympics: After Jill Biden, Emmanuel Macron arrives in Japan for opening ceremony

Boxing's credibility is on the line at the Tokyo Olympics after a series of scandals saw its governing body given the boot and judging controversies marred the Rio 2016 Games.

Tokyo Olympics: Boxing fights for reputation after Rio controversies

Spain’s artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell says she is ‘disappointed and disillusioned’ that she has been unable to bring her breastfeeding son with her to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games.

Tokyo Olympics: Spanish artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell disappointed to leave breastfeeding son at home

KENTO MOMOTA (JAPAN) All eyes will be on the men's singles world number one, who has overcome personal and professional problems on the way to the Tokyo Olympics, including contracting COVID-19.

Tokyo 2020 - Badminton: Five players to watch out for!

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be forced to watch as Russian athletes don uniforms in their country's colours of red, white and blue and compete at the Tokyo Olympics, having received softened sanctions over the nation's doping scandals.

Tokyo 2020: Disappointed World Anti-Doping Agency watches as Russians prepare for Olympic Games

The director of the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2020 has been fired on the eve of the event after reports emerged of a past joke he had made about the Holocaust. Video of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he appears to make jokes about the Holocaust.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Opening ceremony Director fired over Holocaust joke

At an Olympics opening ceremony overshadowed by the coronavirus, Tokyo 2020 organisers on Friday paid tribute to medical workers as athletes from across the world paraded into an almost empty stadium, their smiles hidden behind masks for the first time.

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers thank medics at opening ceremony overshadowed by pandemic

Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a moment of silence, the first time this has happened.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Israelis killed at 1972 Munich Games remembered in opening ceremony

One among them is the highly-skilled Saurabh Chaudhary, who will have a few Olympic and world champions standing in his way to glory at sport''s biggest showpiece.

WION Sports: Strong Indian medal contenders in action on day 1

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics finally kicks off on Friday. The Games will begin still in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time ever, no fans will be permitted to witness the opening ceremony just like they have been banned from other sporting competitions.

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony to kick off on Friday

The opening ceremony begins with the stadium being lit and a couple of colourful performances. The most troubled Olympics in modern history finally open in Tokyo on Friday.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Less than a thousand people attend opening ceremony

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

Live: Take a look at different Olympic teams as they enter the stadium

The head of the International Olympic Committee met with the emperor on Thursday and assured him organisers were doing their utmost not to bring infections into the country.

Tokyo 2020: Japan's Emperor Naruhito to open Olympics, reprising grandfather's role

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

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