There were four new arrivals on the Olympic sport programme in Tokyo. Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing all look set for a long-term Olympic future, but for karate things are less certain.

The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) is set to welcome two new National Federations (NF) to its membership - as cricket and skateboarding governing bodies - at the upcoming General Assembly.

Australia's Keegan Palmer won the men's park title as the final skateboard event of Tokyo 2020 was held at Ariake Urban Sports Park today.

Japan’s Sakura Yosozumi was crowned the inaugural women’s skateboard park champion at Tokyo 2020 here today, leading a podium completed by 12 and 13-year-old skaters.

Stoked. I've missed the word at the Summer Olympics. Heard it many a time at the Winter Games, of course, when that cradle of sports began to take in babes-in-arms, starting with snowboarding last time an Olympic carnival played out in this country, at Nagano 1998.

Thirteen-year-old Momiji Nishiya completed a historic home double for the hosts by winning the first women’s Olympic skateboarding title - in the women's street event - a day after the victory of her compatriot Yuto Horigome.

Street League Skateboarding (SLS) has announced a three-leg 2021 Championship Tour in the United States, which will shortly follow the sport's Olympic debut and aims to harness increased interest in skateboarding.

Local hero Yuto Horigome earned Japan’s third Olympic gold medal of Tokyo 2020 as he became the first Olympic skateboarding champion.

Multiple champion Nyjah Huston of the United States and Japan’s world champion Horigome Yuto will be the main focus of attention when skateboarding makes its Olympic debut tomorrow at the Ariake Urban Sports Park here.

Britain's 12-year-old skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown is set to become the youngest Summer Olympian in the nation's history, after being officially named in the skateboarding squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

World Skate has announced the 80 skateboarders that have qualified for the rearranged Olympics n Tokyo, when the sport will make debut in the Games, following the final qualifying events. 

United States’ Nyjah Huston topped the men’s semi-final standings at the Street Skateboarding World Championships in Rome.

Brazilian teenager Rayssa Leal produced the best performance in the women’s semi-finals at the Street Skateboarding World Championships which is doubling up as a Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifier.

Tokyo 2020 qualification as well as gold medals will be up for grabs when Rome hosts the Street Skateboarding World Championships this week.

Australia's skateboarders were forced to miss the weekend's Dew Tour event in Des Moines, which offered Olympic qualification points, after members of the team tested positive for COVID-19.