2021 Tokyo Olympics

By AFP DHAKA: Sports authorities in Bangladesh have banned star archer Ruman Shana, the country's top athlete outside cricket and its only Olympic hope to date, for two years for assaulting a female teammate at a…

Issued on: 03/12/2021 - 21:48Modified: 03/12/2021 - 21:49 French judo coach Alain Schmitt, accused by Olympic judo champion Margaux Pinot of domestic violence, claimed on Friday that…

Issued on: 01/12/2021 - 20:09 Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah and Norway's Karsten Warholm were crowned World Athletes of the Year on Wednesday after both produced astonishing,…

Issued on: 29/08/2021 - 11:34Modified: 29/08/2021 - 11:37 Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what's been described as a harrowing journey…

Issued on: 24/08/2021 - 05:52 Tokyo’s Paralympic Games open on Tuesday, with athletes hoping to shatter stereotypes and world records despite a year-long pandemic delay and as Japan…

Issued on: 08/08/2021 - 14:12Modified: 08/08/2021 - 14:13 Masked athletes marched into a near-empty stadium in Tokyo on Sunday as Japan prepared to douse its Olympic flame and close…

Issued on: 08/08/2021 - 09:28 France claimed their first Olympic women’s handball title, beating the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team 30-25 in the final at the Tokyo Games on…

A decade in the making and a year delayed due to Covid-19, the 2021 Olympics are wrapping up in Tokyo. The gloomy backdrop didn’t break the Olympic spirit, though, as records fell and athletes shared moments of triumph…

Allyson Felix knows the way to the Olympic medals stand better than any runner alive.…

Issued on: 07/08/2021 - 15:36 France became the first country to claim the Olympic men's handball title for a third time after a thrilling 25-23 win over 2016 gold medallists Denmark…