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Softball 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The final round of fixtures saw the top two, middle two and bottom two all clash. The US beat Japan in the final group stage match


Handball 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
France beat Sweden 29-27 to set a final with Russia beating Norway 27-26.


Wrestling 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Taha Akgul (Turkey) was the reigning Olympic champion but was beaten 7-0 by young, explosive Gable Steveson (United States).


Water Polo 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Russia would lead the semi-final 7-6 at half time but the United States would rebound 15-11.


Volleyball 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
France continues their good run through the tournament, beating Argentina 3-0 in the semi-final.


Triathlon 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Kristian Blummenfelt (Norway) injected his own turn of pace and separated into a group of three with Yee and Hayden Wilde


Trampoline 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Xueying continued the pattern by then going into first with a 56.635. Her compatriot was the only one who could possibly beat her


Track Cycling 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The second race between the Dutch riders saw swings and Lavreysen managed to edge Hoogland on the line to send it to a third race.


Tennis 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
This became a very open contest as Ashleigh Barty (Australia) and Naomi Osaka (Japan) both failed to get far in the event


Taekwondo 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The final saw a quick start before a slow down in the second round. Williams began to take over, leading by six points with 20 seconds to go


Table Tennis 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Calderano went two sets up only for Ovtcharov to win four straight. In the bottom quarter, Ma Long (China) came through


Synchronised Swimming 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Kolesnichenko/Romashina (Russia) led qualification by over three points. They scored over 97 points in both the free and technical


Surfing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) recorded the highest score of the heats with a 14.50. The big surprise came as she lost in the round of sixteen to Bianca Buitendag (South Africa).


Skateboarding 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Root Zwetsloot (Netherlands) led after the run phase with a 7.14. Behind her Rayssa Leal (Brazil) score 6.07 ahead of Nishiya on 5.93.


Shooting 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
In the qualification, it was a joint world record set by Wei Meng (China) with a brilliant 124 ahead of Diana Bacosi (Italy).


Sailing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Britain would take the lead of the contest on day four with a first and third as Poland went fourth and fifth.


Rugby Sevens 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Fiji were 14-12 down at halftime before scoring 14 unanswered points to set up the dream final.


Rowing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Britain slowly began to close the gap whilst Italy also began to claw time back on Romania in the battle for bronze.


Road Cycling 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The group saw numerous attacks launched including McNulty with Richard Carapaz (Ecuador) and Jakob Fulsang (Denmark) on his own.


Rhythmic Gymnastics 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Qualification was led by Dina Averina with twin sister Arina Averina only 0.125 behind. There was a gap of over three points back


Mountain Bike 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) was the favourite but a massive crash early left him a long way behind.


Modern Pentathlon 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Choong was first out and had a 9.2-second advantage over Jun Woongtae (South Korea) who edged both Jung and Kuf at 1200m.


Karate 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
In Pool B it came down to arch-rivals Luigi Busa (Italy) and Rafael Aghayev (Azerbaijan).


Judo 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Japan would take a 4-0 win against Russia with France managing the exact same against the Netherlands to set up the desired final.


Hockey 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Australia and Belgium would play a tight game, it was still 0-0 at halftime. Belgium would take a 1-0 lead in the third quarter


Golf 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Behind them though seven players finished on -15 leaving them set up for a massive playoff.


Football 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The first shock happened on day one as Sweden overcame World Cup winners United States 3-0.


Fencing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Looking for this third straight gold medal he cruised through his quarter, winning all of his matchups by more than seven points


Equestrian 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Henrik von Eckermann (Sweden) was the first to complete a clear round. Behind him on time but also clear were Peder Fredricson (Sweden), Malin Bayard-Johnsson (Sweden) and Daisuke Fukushima (Japan). Maikel van der Vleuten (Netherlands) would set the fastest time with Ben Maher (Great Britain) only tenths behind. Scott Brash (Great Britain) and Cian O’Connor (Ireland) were both unfortunate to miss the time limit by 0.45 seconds.


Climbing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Garnbret would dominate the bouldering event, the only climber to reach the top of any walls.


Canoe Sprint 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The Olympic best was set in the opening heat by Peter Menning only for it to be beaten in the second heat by Kolos Csizmadia


Canoe Slalom 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Franklin would take a massive lead with a 108.68, the fastest time down the course so far despite a penalty.


Boxing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The bout of the round came as Keyshawn Davis (United States) took on number one seed Sofiane Oumiha (France).


BMX 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
In the qualification stage, Hannah Roberts and Perris Benegas led, separated by 1.20. Nikita Ducarroz edged Charlotte Worthington to third.


Beach Volleyball 2020 Tokyo Olympics Review
The two favourites Pavan/Humana-Paredes and Ross/Klineman both cruised through the quarter-finals in straight sets.


Basketball 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The opening games saw a big upset as France beat the United States 83-76 behind a big Evan Fournier game.


Baseball 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The United States would eliminate the Dominican Republic with a 3-1 victory. Japan made the final with a 5-2 win over South Korea.


Badminton 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
The number one seed and home favourite Kento Momota was the big name to be knocked out of the group stages, going down in straight sets


Athletics 2020 Tokyo Olympics Review
Warholm would attack from the off leading Benjamin with 100m to go. Benjamin would put the pressure on with two hurdles to go


Artistic Gymnastics 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
However, she rocked the Olympics by pulling out of the competition due to her mental state leaving a wide-open contest.


Archery 2020 Tokyo Olympic Review
Brady Ellison (United States) entered the event as a favourite and finished second in the seeding event surrounded by three Koreans.
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