Cycling

Great Britain’s Evie Richards won gold in the women’s cross-country at the Mountain Bike World Championships. She finished in one hour, 23 minutes and 52 seconds to claim the rainbow jersey in Italy and become the first British female cross-country world champion. The 24-year-old finished ahead of the Netherlands’ Anne Terpstra (second) and Sina Frei

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Neil Fachie said it was “beyond our dreams” after he and wife Lora both won Paralympic cycling gold within the space of 16 minutes. The Fachies’ success was part of a

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Britain’s Kadeena Cox retained her C4-5 500m time trial Paralympic title with a stunning world-record ride in Tokyo. The 30-year-old, who won cycling and athletics gold at the Rio Games, knew

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Paralympic cycling champion Jon-Allan Butterworth has joined GB’s Para-snowboarding team. Butterworth lost his left arm in a rocket attack in Iraq in 2007. He said becoming part of the Para-snowboarding squad

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website “At this very moment in time, this is at the top. It’s the best thing I’ve done.” August 2021 is a month to be remembered for all the right reasons. The

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Lee Pearson won his 12th Paralympic title as Great Britain took five golds across four sports on day two of the Tokyo Paralympics. The Para-equestrian rider, who made his debut at

Defending Vuelta a Espana champion Primoz Roglic won stage 11 to reduce the gap to leader Odd Christian Eiking. Norwegian Eiking took the red jersey from Roglic on Wednesday when the Slovenian crashed during stage 10. Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux’s Eiking holds a 58-second lead over second place Cofidis rider Guillaume Martin, with Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic 58 seconds

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Sarah Storey put in another world record-breaking performance on her way to claiming her 15th Paralympic title – Britain’s first gold of Tokyo 2020. She smashed her world best by over

Norway’s Odd Christian Eiking replaced defending champion Primoz Roglic as the leader of the Vuelta a Espana after the Slovenian’s crash on stage 10. Roglic fell on the descent into Rincon de la Victoria to eventually finish 11 minutes 49 seconds behind stage winner Michael Storer of Australia. Eiking now holds a 58-second lead over

Damiano Caruso became the first rider to claim a mountain stage on two different Grand Tours this year as he won stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana. The Bahrain-Victorious rider, who came second at the Giro d’Italia in May, produced a superb solo ride as he crossed the line in five hours, three minutes

Bethany Shriever completed an Olympic and World double as the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist won the final of the women’s BMX World Championships. Shriever, 22, cruised to victory after a three-rider crash took out reigning world champion Alise Willoughby of the United States. The former teaching assistant is the first woman to hold both BMX

Fabio Jakobsen’s impressive return from serious injury continued with victory on stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana. He was left with severe head injuries at the 2020 Tour of Poland after being pushed into the barriers by Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan Groenewegen in a sprint. Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic retained his overall lead, finishing with the other

Former champion Alejandro Valverde crashed out of the 2021 Vuelta a Espana as he slid out on a corner during a high-speed descent on stage seven. Australian climber Michael Storer won the stage from Spaniard Carlos Verona. Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic retained the overall lead, crossing among a group of general classification favourites led home by

New Zealand’s cycling and sporting high performance governing bodies have commissioned an independent inquiry following the death of Olivia Podmore. Both High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) and Cycling New Zealand said the inquiry would look at the adequacy of changes made after a 2018 report. That report said HPSNZ had failed to act on

2021 BMX World Championships Venue: Papendal, Arnhem, Netherlands Date: Sunday, 22 August Coverage: Watch live coverage of the men and women’s final on Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website from 12:15 BST Olympic medallists Beth Shriever and Kye Whyte are among 11 Britons competing at the BMX World Championships on Sunday and

Fabio Jakobsen won his first Grand Tour stage since suffering serious injuries in a crash last year with a bunch sprint victory at the Vuelta a Espana. The Dutchman, 24, held off Arnaud Demare and Magnus Cort to claim an emotional win on stage four in Molina de Aragon. Jakobsen sustained severe head injuries at

The 2021 Track Cycling World Championships will be moved to Roubaix in France, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Turkmenistan from 13-17 October. It was moved at the request of the organisers because of restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic. The championships will now take

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Key information Dates: 25-28 August (track), 31 August-3 September (road) Venue: Izu Velodrome/Fuji International Speedway Gold medals on offer: 51 How does it work? Para-cycling at the Paralympics includes both track