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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan badminton ace Nozomi Okuhara joins Momota in early exit

Women's singles number three seed Okuhara crashed out in the quarter-finals, losing 13-21, 21-13, 21-14 to Chinese number eight seed He Bingjiao.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Novak Djokovic ‘getting better and better’ after straight sets thrashing of Kei Nishikori to enter semis

The world number one, chasing a calendar Golden Grand Slam, ended home interest in the tennis with a ruthless 6-2, 6-0 victory in only 70 minutes.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan's Daiki Hashimoto, 19, becomes youngest ever men's all-around gymnastics champion

The nerveless 19-year-old edged out China's Xiao Ruoteng with Russian world champion Nikita Nagornyy taking bronze, and kept dry-eyed on the podium despite the enormity of his accomplishment.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan's World No 1 shuttler Kento Momota knocked out of Games

Unseeded South Korean Heo Kwang-hee beat Momota 21-15, 21-19 to end his gold-medal bid after just two games, a day after Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka also made an early exit.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kei Nishikori hopes Japan's gold rush can inspire him to overcome Novak Djokovic

Nishikori, who earned bronze five years ago in Rio, is aiming to wreck Djokovic's pursuit of a Golden Slam in Tokyo and keep alive his dream of becoming Japan's first Olympic tennis champion.

‘Hosting Olympics amid pandemic is like Simone Biles doing a Yurchenko Double Pike… too difficult, but possible’: Roy Tomizawa

“In 1964, Japan was hoping to be embraced and welcomed by the rest of the world. And they were, very, very warmly. But in 2021, the world is hoping to be welcome and embraced by Japan. It’s not going to be a warm welcome,” says author and historian Roy Tomizawa.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan's Kei Nishikori 'sad and surprised' by Naomi Osaka's third-round exit

Nishikori said he had not reached out to Osaka following her defeat, but planned to message her to show his support.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan ends China's historic run in table tennis with mixed doubles gold

China had won every Olympic title in the sport since a men's singles triumph for South Korean Ryu Seung-min in the 2004 Athens Games, but Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen blew a two-game lead in a thrilling final in Tokyo.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japanese sibling duo of Hifumi, Uta Abe win gold medals in judo

Uta Abe was first to strike gold in the women's under-52kg category, beating Amandine Buchard in the final.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Authorities were right to go ahead with Games, says French President Emmanuel Macron in Japan

Macron said "these Olympic Games had to be held" after they were postponed for a year in March 2020.