Your sport-by-sport guide to Team GB’s biggest medal hopes at the Tokyo Olympics

The Tokyo Olympics may have begun earlier this week but there is no doubt that Friday’s opening ceremony will properly kick off the summer festival of sport once and for all. After a year’s delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, this is the moment that Team GB stars have waited five long and laborious years … Read more

Olympics vice-president is dubbed a ‘mansplaining dinosaur’ after publicly berating state premier

The vice-president of the International Olympic Committee has been branded a ‘mansplaining dinosaur’ after he publicly berated an Australian state premier and ‘bullied’ her into attending the opening games of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.    John Coates denied the bullying allegations on Thursday after he chastised Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk over her plans not to … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Games’ opening ceremony director SACKED on the eve of the event over Holocaust jokes

Tokyo Games’ opening ceremony director Kantaro Kobayashi is SACKED on the eve of the event over Holocaust jokes he made in 1998… days after show’s composer was forced to resign for admitting to bullying disabled children during his schooldays By Pa Reporter Published: 02:00 EDT, 22 July 2021 | Updated: 02:16 EDT, 22 July 2021 … Read more

Brisbane is awarded the 2032 Olympics

Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympics after being awarded the Games in a vote today. International Olympic Committee delegates voted 72 in favour with five against and three abstentions to confirm the city’s victory, sparking wild celebrations. It marks the third time that Australia will host the games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in … Read more

NBA star Ben Simmons celebrates his birthday in style as he enjoys private performance by a band

NBA star Ben Simmons celebrates his birthday with a private performance by a Mariachi band – after spending $23million on a stunning LA mansion and pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:25 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 21:45 EDT, 20 July 2021 He recently announced he … Read more

NBA star Ben Simmons celebrates his birthday in style as he enjoys private performance by a band

NBA star Ben Simmons celebrates his birthday with a private performance by a Mariachi band – after spending $23million on a stunning LA mansion and pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:25 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 21:45 EDT, 20 July 2021 He recently announced he … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: GB’s only openly gay athletics star Tom Bosworth urges more Olympians to come out

Tom Bosworth, Britain’s only openly gay athletics star at Tokyo, urges more Olympians to come out… as the race walker insists speaking up will help others and bring global sport into the 21st century By David Coverdale For The Daily Mail Published: 17:31 EDT, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 17:31 EDT, 20 July 2021 The … Read more

Breastfeeding US marathoner shares her relief to be bringing her baby to Tokyo

Team USA long-distance runner Aliphine Tuliamuk has shared relief and gratitude that she is allowed to take her six-month breastfeeding daughter to the Olympics this month, after the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee finally reversed its previous policy that banned even nursing mothers from traveling with their babies. Due to the pandemic, the Olympics have banned any … Read more

South Korean president scraps Tokyo Olympics visit after ‘masturbating’ comment

South Korean president scraps Tokyo Olympics visit after Japanese diplomat describes his attempts to improve countries’ relations as ‘masturbating’ By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 01:41 BST, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 01:41 BST, 20 July 2021 South Korea‘s President has scrapped plans to visit Japan for the upcoming Olympics after a diplomat described his … Read more