When are the Olympic Games in 2021?

Believe it or not, the start of the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020, is just around the corner.

After a year of delays, the Olympic Games – which are still being called Tokyo 2020 – will get underway in July 2021.

Whether you're looking forward to seeing Simone Biles dominate in artistic gymnastics or witness the debut of new sports, here are some key things to know.

When and where are the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games taking place?

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will officially run from 23 July until 8 August 2021.

Though the Opening Ceremony is due to take place on 23 July, there are a few events kicking off a few days prior, including softball and football.

The games will see a whopping 339 events unfold across 33 sports, and you can find the full competition schedule here.

Hosting the Olympics is Tokyo, Japan, although a number of sports and events will take place at venues outside the Japanese capital.

Competition is due to take place across 41 different venues, including the Japan National Stadium, Tokyo Stadium and the Yokohama Stadium.

Here are the some interesting facts about the venues.

What are the new sports and events?

There are five new sports coming to Tokyo 2020.

Baseball-softball is among the 'new' sports this summer, but the two disciplines were previously separate sports competed at the Olympic Games up until Beijing 2008.

For four of the newbies, however, this will be their Olympic debut.

Karate, surfing, sport climbing and skateboarding have all been selected to showcase their sport at Tokyo 2020 for the first time in Games history.

As well as new sports, you can expect to see new disciplines in existing sports, including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and mixed gender events in various sports such as swimming, athletics, triathlon, judo, and archery.

What events will the Games start with?

On 21 and 22 July, softball and football teams begin their road to gold.

In softball, Japan will start their Olympic title defence against Australia at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium from 9 am JST (Japan Standard Time, UTC +9 hours).

Fans can also follow along as Italy take on the USA from 12 pm JST and Olympic debutants Mexico face Canada from 3 pm JST.

If football is what you're looking for, then you can see women's football from 21 July throughout the late afternoon and evening with Great Britain lining up against Chile from 4:30 pm JST.

Hosts Japan then kick off their campaign against Canada at 7:30 pm JST.

Men's football will begin the following day, 22 July, with group games are set to be played.

Japan will take on South Africa in their opening game from 8 pm JST with a blockbuster tie between Brazil and Germany kicking off just 30 minutes later at 8:30 pm JST.

Archery begins on the morning of 23 July, before the Opening Ceremony later that evening, with the ranking rounds.

The rest of the action across all sports will unfold after the Ceremony, which takes place at 8 pm JST on 23 July, with the first medal event coming in the women's 10m air rifle in shooting.