Tokyo 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has insisted the country will host this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games "without problem as planned", despite growing international concern over the coronavirus pandemic.

American broadcaster NBC Sports has announced an Olympic record after selling more than $1.25 billion (£970 million/€1.1 billion) of national advertising space for Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has labelled suggestions this year's Olympics and Paralympics could be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak as "irresponsible rumours" and reiterated his insistence that the Games will go ahead as planned.

TT's Andrew Lewis has booked his spot in the 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan. The sailor finished fourth in the men's laser medal race at the Hempel World Cup Series in Miami, Florida, on Saturday.

• Sanctions for raising fists or taking a knee at 2020 Games
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The journey of each elite athlete is preciously unique – and this is particularly true of world 200m finalist Kyle Greaux.

Our writers choose the Olympians likely to make the headlines at the most anticipated sporting event of the year

For­mer na­tion­al women's team hock­ey duo, Reyah Richard­son and Ayan­na Mc Clean will be fly­ing this coun­try's flag high at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan af­ter be­ing hand­ed Fed­er­a­tion In­ter­na­tion­al Hock­ey (FIH) ap­point­ments.

NICHOLAS Paul was born on September 23, 1998 to Darren and Nicole Paul. The cyclist turns 21 today.