Australia, France, New Zealand and the USA finish first day of Tokyo 2020 women’s rugby sevens competition with perfect records Thrilling encounter between New Zealand and Great Britain saw the Black Ferns Sevens overcome a 21-0 deficit to win 26-21 in a scintillating match Top two in each pool and the two best third-placed teams
University of Bath alumna Anna Hopkin is through to her debut individual Olympic final in dramatic style. She snatched fourth in her 100m freestyle semi today and made the final by just one hundredth of a second in a time of 53.11 seconds. “I wasn’t sure that the time was going to make it, so
Mallory Franklin delivered a nerveless run to canoe slalom silver in Tokyo in the very first Women’s C1 event to be contested at the Olympic Games. The 27-year-old opened up an early 0.90s lead on the field and despite dropping into trouble and touching the 15th gate, posted 108.68 which was more than enough for
Opening match wins for Australia, Canada, France, Great Britain, New Zealand and the USA at Tokyo Stadium in first session of women’s rugby sevens competition Reigning Olympic Champions Australia begin campaign with a 48-0 win against hosts Japan. Top seeds New Zealand start their quest for a first Olympic sevens gold medal with a 29-7
Charlotte Dujardin became the first British woman to win six Olympic medals with a stunning individual dressage bronze in Tokyo. Riding young horse Gio, the three-time Olympic champion produced a brilliant ride to snatch third place on the podium in the Grand Prix freestyle final she won at London 2012 and Rio 2016. Following a
The GB Sevens squad has an outside chance of claiming the medal that was denied them in the final stages of the Rio tournament five years ago. If ever there was a banker for gold, it is the Black ferns. They went down to Australia in 2016, but since then the Wallaroos have been unable
Thrilling game results in 4-1 victory for GB’s women Hannah Martin scores two, Lily Owsley and Grace Balsdon also net Team take on The Netherlands next on Thursday 28 July at 11:00 BST GB’s men also face The Netherlands tomorrow at 04:15 BST It was the perfect start as Hannah Martin’s effort from close range
Charlotte Dujardin became Britain’s most decorated female Olympian of all time with her fifth medal in Tokyo. Dujardin helped Team GB claim a team equestrian dressage medal for the third straight Olympics – adding a bronze to their gold and silver from London and Rio. That sees the 36-year-old join rower Dame Katherine Grainger and
Bianca Walkden is already looking to Paris 2024 after landing her second consecutive Olympic bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. The world champion and world number one was edged out in her 67kg semi-final in a close and cagey contest with South Korea’s Lee Da-bin – who overhauled Walkden’s lead with a high-scoring head kick in
Team GB’s artistic gymnasts won a first women’s team Olympic medal since 1928 after delivering a spectacular performance to battle back for bronze in Tokyo. Team GB were down the standings after the first two rotations but a brilliant comeback on the vault and uneven bars saw Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, Alice Kinsella and Amelie
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