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Australian swimmer Madeline Groves says she was molested as a teenager

Butterfly specialist Groves, who pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics to protest 'misogynistic perverts', said she was molested from the age of 13 by someone still working in the sport

Rio 2016 bouts found to be manipulated by independent investigators, says AIBA

In a statement, AIBA said it has been handed the first phase report of the McLaren Global Sport Solutions' independent investigation into boxing while promising more transparency going forward starting with the upcoming World Championships in Serbia

Ex-Kenyan Sports Minister Hassan Wario, Olympic team leader Stephen Soi convicted for Rio 2016 embezzlement

Wario, who served as the country's sports minister from 2013 to 2018, was one of six Kenyan officials charged with abuse of office and the misappropriation of 55 million shillings ($545,000) during the Rio Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India women's hockey team to Milkha Singh, a 'heartbreaking' list of medals missed

Here, we take a look at Indian athletes, who left the medal-starved nation heartbroken at Olympics:

Olympic champion Thomas Rohler’s message for athletes: Do the right thing rather than what people expect from you

“Nothing’s really worth risking your well-being. There’s no circumstance where you should risk your health after your body is at its limit. Deciding to skip Tokyo 2020 was very, very tough,” Thomas Rohler tells Firstpost.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'I will continue' — Mo Farah says he is not finished yet after failing to qualify for Games

The 38-year-old will not compete in Japan after falling short in his final qualification bid in Manchester on Friday.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Four-time champion Mo Farah fails to qualify for upcoming Games

Farah won the 5,000m-10,000m double at the London Olympics in 2012 and repeated the feat four years later in Rio de Janeiro.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Defending champion Carolina Marin pulls out of Games due to knee injury

Marin felt discomfort in her knee during training on Saturday and tests revealed that it's an ACL injury.

Firstpost Explains: Protests against Tokyo Olympics and why IOC and Japanese government are not keen to cancel the Games

Tokyo, the host city of the already postponed 2020 Olympics, is in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the numbers are decreasing – average seven-day cases down to 650 on Saturday from 923 a week before, the govt authorities have said it is still not enough to lift the emergency.

Has the Indian badminton baton passed from Saina Nehwal to PV Sindhu?

So, can we conclude that Saina is a spent force, and that the baton of being India’s premier badminton player has effectively been passed on to Sindhu?