Viktor Axelsen might have a claim that he is the best badminton player in the world, and he could probably do it in Mandarin.
The 22-year-old makes history with PB in heptathlon 100m hurdles, three years after bagging Commonwealth Games silver for Canada.
Windle, 22, credits his adoptive father with helping him achieve his Olympic dream – he and Jerry, who is gay, even co-wrote a book on the challenges they faced.
Now one of the world’s best freestyle specialists, Haughey’s showing at the Tokyo Olympics is proof that Hongkongers are capable of reaching the top.
A former Asian and junior world champion, newly crowned Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games gold medallist Edgar Cheung Ka-long has always dreamed of contesting the best.
The Hollywood star and UNHCR special envoy takes part in a virtual chat with Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini, Paralympian Abbas Karimi and runner Anjelina Nadai Lohalith.
The 48-year-old former marathon world record-holder realised early in her career that refugee athletes were denied the freedom to compete, so she vowed to help them.
Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial hopes to bring glory to the Philippines with gold medal at Tokyo 2020.
The 33-year-old is defined by graphic images of a 20cm piece of wood protruding through his left leg during a track cycling event in Manchester in 2011.
How the 19-year-old giant Kai Sotto went from playing barefoot against construction workers in the streets to playing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
From her difficult childhood, to winning four Olympic golds, to successfully landing the Yurchenko double pike, here’s what you need to know about the 1.42-metre American.
Singaporean swim star Joseph Schooling looks to grab a second gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
From promising youth cricketer to multiple-time track gold medallist, ‘Beast’ Yohan Blake explains why he would ‘rather miss the Olympics than take a vaccine’.
Chinese table tennis superstar Ma Long has a chance to make history at Tokyo 2020.
The 20-year-old swim star has arrived on the scene, smashing the Japanese record in the 200-metre breaststroke.
Will the ‘Flying Fijians’ defend their 2016 Rio Games crown and earn the country’s second-ever Olympic medal?
The 23-year-old Washington Wizards player went from trying to hide his mixed-race identity as a child to becoming the NBA’s only Japanese first-round draft pick.
Briton Tom Daley, who competed at his first Olympics at the age of 14, gets set for his fourth Games this summer at Tokyo 2020.
The Brave Blossoms hope to repeat their stunning 2016 Rio Olympic Games outing, while the Sakura Sevens search for improvements and recognition.
Dual citizen of Japan and Philippines is a fan of Rory McIlroy, who told her to go out and win the trophy.