There will be five (well, actually six) new sports added to the programme at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) considered multiple factors when deciding which ...

(ATR) Tokyo 2020 loses a key member of its team just 10 months before the start of the delayed Summer Games. Sports director Koji Murofushi is moving on to become commissioner of the Japan Sports ...

NOC and Tokyo 2020 medical staff reported 1035 injuries and 438 illnesses ... resulting in no time lost from sport. Conclusion Overall, 9% of the athletes incurred an injury and 4% an illness during ...

Three years ago, Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi decided to go 50-50 for first place in the men's high jump at the Tokyo Games rather than jump-off for it. This time, USA's Shelby McEwen and ...

Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the team and individual all-around competitions at the Tokyo Olympics has opened eyes to the pressures behind the gold. “It’s been a long week ...

Although Yorkshire remains prolific in producing Olympic champions - the Brownlees, Ennis, Adams, Clancy to name just a few - they remain enough of a rare breed that when the light fades out it ...

Objective To analyse injuries and illnesses during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Summer Games ... The highest incidence of injury (per participant) was noted in boxing (13.8%; n=40), sport climbing (12.5%; ...