European champion Muir safely progressed along with Team GB team-mate Katie Snowden.

There was clear daylight between her and Harrison as a technically brilliant and accomplished run saw her finally beat the American at the fourth time of asking when they have faced each other.

With Tottenham coming off a recent low in the 2020-21 season and the future of Harry Kane in the air, what shape are the club in?

DUTCH long-distance star Sifan Hassan remarkably won her 1,500m heat – despite FALLING on the final lap. Hassan, 28, got involved in a tangle of legs just after hearing the bell for the fourth lap at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. She was preparing to make her final dash from near the back of the […]

The duo were competing in the women's canoe sprint K1 200m event in the Japanese capital. And it was Kerr, 23, who won the race in 42.742 seconds after a powerful finish

She was also hotly tipped to challenge for the slightly longer format, but comfortably in a qualifying position, slowed down far too much and was then dumped out of the competition.

After a difficult opening two days on the track, British Athletics was in need of a bit of a boost and while Laura Muir’s smooth and expected qualification on Monday morning was hardly reason to get the bunting back out, given what had come before and the drama that would follow, it was at least reassuring to see her looking fit and fast.

THE Tokyo Olympics is well underway – and we have a new 100m men’s champion. However, it won’t feel quite the same without Usain Bolt competing. Why isn’t Usain Bolt at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? Usain Bolt will not be at the Tokyo Olympic Games because he has retired. The Jamaican, who would be competing […]

SPRINTERS are allowed ZERO false starts at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and if found guilty will be instantly disqualified – if the starter decides they’ve violated it. From January 2010 onward, the official track and field false start regulation indicated that any athlete starting within 100 milliseconds of the gun being fired would be disqualified …

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The 23-year-old is not far off joining Patrick Johnson as the only Australians to have run sub-10 seconds On Sunday night, having failed to qualify for the 100m final, Australian sprinter Rohan Browning reflected on his rollercoaster 24 hours. “That’s just championship racing – sometimes you nail it, sometimes you don’t,” he said. “It’s a …

Netherlands' Sifan Hassan falls within the last lap of her 1500m heat but still comes back to win at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

Asher-Smith, 25, emotionally announced her withdrawal from the sprint over the weekend after she failed to reach the 100m final, with a hamstring issue blighting the Team GB talent.

Great Britain's Laura Muir and Katie Snowden progress through the women's 1500m heats at the Tokyo Olympics.

ARSENAL have been dealt a transfer blow with Atletico Madrid the new favourites to sign Lautaro Martinez, according to reports. The Gunners are on the hunt for a new striker with Alexandre Lacazette’s contract expiring next summer. And they had identified the Inter Milan striker as a potential replacement with the Argentine expected to leave […]

Miller finished in third place in Group A of the hammer qualifying at the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 76.93, despite that figure being just short of the automatic qualification standard of 77.50.

IT’S getting to the business end of the Olympic boxing in Tokyo. A chance for up-and-coming fighters to announce themselves on the world scene, Anthony Joshua and Joe Joyce are just two British heavyweights who have used the Games as a springboard in recent years. But you may have noticed that unlike in most events, […]

LEWIS HAMILTON fears he is suffering from long Covid after being left dizzy and suffering from exhaustion. The F1 champ produced a Herculean drive to go from last-place to third in a crazy Hungarian GP to regain top spot in the championship. However, the 36-year-old, who tested positive for Covid 19 and was forced to […]

The Dutch favourite hit the floor after getting caught in a tangle of legs and the set-back left her 25 metres adrift of her rivals. But the 28-year-old was able to find the strength to get back to her feet quickly.

Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who was born in Texas but moved to Italy as a child, is the first Italian in history to win an Olympic medal in the men's 100m after securing a shock victory in the final today.