Former Australian women's basketball captain Jenna O'Hea has corroborated a claim ex-team-mate Liz Cambage told the Nigerian team to "go back to your third-world country" in a spat which came before her withdrawal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The official film of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, directed by Naomi Kawase, has been chosen for the Cannes Film Festival, where Munich 1972 documentary Visions of Eight is also to be shown to mark 50 years since the Games.

United States President Joe Biden hailed the country's athletes that competed at the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo and Beijing as he welcomed them to the White House.

Ukrainian karate star Stanislav Horuna's Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medal could be returned to him after he auctioned off the prized possession to raise funds to support the nation’s efforts to repel Russia’s invasion.

American Paralympic champion Nick Mayhugh drew comparisons with Usain Bolt after his victories in Tokyo and believes he can use the profile he gained as a result to promote Paralympic sport.

True North Research's 2021 BenchMark study has found that the emotional connection to the Australian Paralympic team is at its highest level following success at Tokyo 2020.

Two-time Paralympic champion rower James Fox of Britain has announced his retirement from the sport.

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has clarified that swimming qualification standards for Paris 2024 initially published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were "outdated", and not those set to be used.

Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist high jumper Praveen Kumar kick started the "Meet the Champions" initiative in the state of Uttar Pradesh by visiting his childhood school.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has revealed the emblems which are set to mark the first anniversary of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has extended its partnership with Chinese floor-making company Enlio to supply courts.

The International Olympic Committee has claimed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics saw a 74 per cent increase in digital viewers from Rio 2016, with the Games claimed to have reached a global audience of 3.05 billion people.

Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué requested Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales' help to fulfil his aim to play at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, leaked audio has revealed.

Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Maisie Summers-Newton has said she is relishing the prospect of a raucous Sandwell Aquatics Centre at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after experiencing the "surreal" silence of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.