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Pryce, the fastest woman alive, sped to a 10.71 second (wind +1.0 m/s) win in the women's 100m on Friday, the second day of Jamaica's national athletics championships. ( read original story ...)

And if Chiles makes the team heading to Tokyo, the massive progress she has shown this year is the reason. But that’s not what her mother, Gina, looks for in her youngest child’s recent success. Yes, ... ( read original story ...)

Shelby Jensen from Millcreek, Utah, says, "I dreamt about this opportunity." Jenson qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics and will represent Team USA in the summer. ( read original story ...)

Simone Biles put on a dazzling display during the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday night, pulling out all the stops - well, almost all of them - on her way to a commanding lead and a spot in Japan next ... ( read original story ...)

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles backed up her reputation as the world's greatest gymnast on Friday, dominating the first day of the women's competition at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics ... ( read original story ...)

Boris Becker has little time for the sensitivities of certain contemporary tennis stars. “If you can’t deal with the media, it’s very difficult to be a professional tennis player,” he says, forthright ... ( read original story ...)

A post circulating on Facebook claims Olympic athletes are banned from staging political protests. That is true. ( read original story ...)

British Olympic chiefs have revealed that some athletes have declined Covid vaccinations before the Tokyo Games.A small number of the 375 members of Team GB — understood to be “low single figures” — ... ( read original story ...)

In the run-up to this year's Tokyo Olympics, Witness History is presented from Japan. ( read original story ...)

A Tongan weightlifter - and rival to transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard - who missed out on an Olympic qualifying berth has been awarded a wildcard entry to the Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah will not defend his 10,000m title in Tokyo after he fell short in a last-gasp attempt to secure the qualifying time. ( read original story ...)

Chicago Bears wide receiver Marquise Goodwin, a 2012 Olympian, failed to make the final in the long jump at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. ( read original story ...)

Irish triathlete Russell White is eyeing a top 15 finish at the Olympics after his qualification for the Games is confirmed ... ( read original story ...)

Speedo shared a first look today at the new U.S. Federation swimsuits that competitors including Caeleb Dressel, Hali Flickinger, Jamal Hill, and Ryan Murphy will wear during the Summer Olympics in ... ( read original story ...)

Brazilian Mateus came off the bench to score twice as Japan's Nagoya Grampus notched up a second win in a row in the Asian Champions League in Bangkok on Friday with a 3-0 victory over former ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government said four coronavirus cases had been found among Olympics arrivals from overseas, after two members of the Ugandan delegation tested positive for COVID-19. ( read original story ...)