The captain of the Japanese gymnastics team was sent home from France and will not participate at the Olympic Games later this month for allegedly breaking a team ban on smoking and drinking alcohol.

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan’s Artistic Gymnastics Olympic squad, has exited the sporting event after smoking cigarettes, in violation of the team's code of conduct, the Japanese ...

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the squad for the Paris Games after violating the team's code of conduct by smoking, the Japanese ...