Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will bid to become the first five-time Olympic gold medalists in basketball when they lead the US women's team at the Tokyo Games.
There will be spectators at this summer's Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with numbers capped at 50 per cent of venue capacity.
Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny spearhead Team GB's 26-strong cycling squad named for this summer's rearranged Olympic Games.
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics after being selected by New Zealand for the women's event in Tokyo.
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from both Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics.
Alice Dearing is set to become the first black woman to represent Great Britain in an Olympic swimming event after sealing her place at Tokyo 2020.
John Carlos speaks about his life-changing protest at the 1968 Olympics which became one of sport's most iconic images.
The Japanese government's top adviser on coronavirus has recommended that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games take place behind closed doors.
Carly Telford has been called up to the Team GB women's football squad after Karen Bardsley had to withdraw through injury.
Banned American middle-distance runner Shelby Houlihan appears unlikely to be allowed to compete in this year's Olympic trials after a dispute over her eligibility.
Naomi Osaka will not play at Wimbledon this year, but will take part in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Laura Unsworth is set for her third Olympics appearance while Tokyo 2020 will stage Games debuts for 21 players named across Team GB's men's and women's hockey squads.
A lifelong Manchester City fan, playing for the women’s team and receiving her first England call-up in April, Esme Morgan is living her dream.
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor has retired from elite swimming to focus on her health, after being unable to compete for a spot at the Tokyo Olympics.
Team GB athletes face the prospect of six days' hard quarantine in Tokyo under rules that risk throwing their Olympic preparations into chaos.
Mo Farah will make a last-gasp attempt to qualify for the Olympics at the British Athletics Championships.
Chef de Mission Mark England said the British Olympic Association will not set a medal target for Team GB in Tokyo due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Brisbane has been proposed as host of the 2032 Olympic Games by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee, its president Thomas Bach has said.
Twelve-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown is set to become Britain's youngest ever Summer Olympian after being listed as one of 20 women's Park qualifiers for Tokyo.
Tokyo 2020 organisers say visiting athletes and media crews will be monitored via GPS for the first 14 days of their stay.
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