After an Olympics of too little diversity in the swimming pool, and less on the medal podium, the sport's governing body is investing tens of millions of dollars to change that by 2024. Elite training centers in Africa and scholarship programs worldwide are part of a strategy to help athletes emerge from outside the sport’s power bases. Of 105 medals won in the pool at the Tokyo Games, almost half went to Americans and Australians.
Former Top 10 player Andrea Petkovic claimed her first WTA singles title in over six years at the inaugural Winners Open, ending the breakthrough run of Egypt's Mayar Sherif in the final.
Tokyo Olympics: Speaking to India Today in Tokyo, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra said he always believed in rising to the occasion at the biggest of the stages and that even the best can have a bad day in the office. The 23-year-old blew the Men's javelin field away to win the Gold with a best throw of 87.58m.
I’ve always been a Spectator reader, so I’m delighted to be writing a diary about the Olympics from Tokyo. My first experience of an Olympic Games was probably the most political of them all — Moscow 1980. I wasn’t sure that I would be competing until a few weeks before the opening ceremony. The bui...
Jannik Sinner, who turns 20 on Aug. 16, won his third ATP title and second this year on Sunday night when he outlasted Mackenzie McDonald for the Citi Open championship in Washington.
