Olympic Games

The 2022 Winter Olympics are in full swing, with over 2,000 athletes competing for 91 nations as they attempt to seal their spot in the history books. The maiden Winter Olympics was staged in Chamonix, France, in 1924 when just 258 athletes battled it out for medals across six sports. There have been many changes […]

The fallout from the news of teenage skating star Kamila Valieva’s positive test for a banned substance in December has overshadowed the action in Beijing over the last few days. Valieva was initially suspended by the Russian anti-doping agency (Rusada), although that was lifted only a day later on appeal. The IOC, World Anti-Doping Agency […]

It’s a Winter Olympics which could easily be remembered for many wrong reasons but there have been enough outstanding sporting feats so far to ensure Beijing 2022 has been a treat for TV viewers around the world. Ireen Wust, Irene Schouten and Kamila Valieva might not have been household names before Beijing, but a worldwide […]

The United Kingdom may not provide the best conditions to get into Winter Olympic sports but there has been plenty of success stories for Great Britain at the prestigious Games, including a record-breaking feat in 2018. In total, Great Britain have won 31 medals from 23 Games (11 gold, 4 silver and 16 bronze) to […]

Despite concerns surrounding the pandemic and the lack of fans, the Tokyo Olympics were highly entertaining and allowed us to witness the top stars in their sports. Here is our list of the top 10 medal-winning stars of the Games and many of which we could see shining again in Paris in 2023. 1 – […]

Team GB’s superb Tokyo Olympic Games continued on Saturday with golds for Galal Yafai in boxing and Joe Choong in the men’s modern pentathlon. Yafai became Olympic flyweight champion after beating Carlo Paalam of the Philippines to deliver Britain’s 19th gold in Tokyo. Yafai Dominant The 28-year-old, who only started boxing six years ago, knocked […]

There is always an excitement and anticipation surrounding the track events at the Olympics and we have picked out five of the greatest ever performances to have been witnessed at the Games. 5) Nadezhda Olizarenko – Moscow 1980 Olizarenko sadly passed away at the age of 63 in 2017 but her legacy in the world […]

The Italians’ amazing sporting summer has continued with two athletics golds in Tokyo. Winning Euro 2020 clearly wasn’t the extent of Italy’s sporting ambitions this summer, although two gold medals on the first three days of the Olympic athletics competition were wholly unexpected. Texas-born Marcell Jacobs, now a resident of Rome and a proud Italian, […]

Heading into the men’s Olympic Basketball tournament, there were a few murmurs around as to whether the USA could lose their title. The US are looking for a fourth consecutive gold medal and a seventh in nine Olympics, but the early showings suggest that run could be coming to an end. Without the likes of […]

Although there were suggestions Team GB could see a dip in their medal haul at the Tokyo Olympics compared to Rio 2016, the group of 376 athletes have made a strong start in Japan. We have already seen Adam Peaty defend his 100m breaststroke title, Tom Pidcock come out on top in the mountain biking […]

For many observers the Olympic athletics meet is the focal point of any games. There have been scores of memorable moments played out on the track & field down the years and the first batch of athletes will congregate at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium in the early hours of Friday morning UK & Ireland time as […]

The Tokyo Olympics kicked into life for Team GB on Monday when they captured three gold medals and hopes will be high that this can be just the start of the team’s path to glory. There were few surprises when Adam Peaty retained his 100m breaststroke in the pool and then Tom Daley and Matty […]

After the indignity of finishing 36th in the medal table at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, a complete overhaul of sport in Great Britain has helped Team GB become one of the dominant forces at recent Olympics. GB finished 10th at Sydney in 2000 with 28 medals and took home another 30 from the […]

The Tokyo Olympics finally get underway later this month and athletics records could be broken thanks to some new innovations in footwear. It has been five long years since the last Olympics in Rio and athletes around the world are gearing up for what should hopefully be an exciting few weeks of action in Japan. […]

The Olympic Games is the pinnacle of elite global sport and it is fair to say there have been some iconic moments over the years that have seen individuals involved in actions that have seen them go down in history for their achievements The delayed Tokyo Olympics are due to get underway later this month, […]

Only the United States finished above Team GB in the medals table five years ago, with two of the 27 golds won coming in Athletics courtesy of Mo Farah, who successfully defended his 5,000 and 10,000 metre titles in Rio. Team GB picked up five other medals at those Games in track and field events […]