Tokyo Olympics

SYDNEY—The world's top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese ...

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping in the lead-up to the Tokyo ...

GENEVA—The Court of Arbitration for Sport has been criticized for picking judges to work at the Tokyo Olympics ...

The Tokyo Olympics cost $1.8 billion less than anticipated, local organizers said Wednesday, 4 1/2 months after the ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday introduced a new framework for transgender athletes, which allows trans-identified males ...

TOKYO—Fumio Kishida was reelected as Japan’s prime minister on Wednesday after his governing party scored a major victory ...

NAIROBI—Kenyan police said on Thursday they had arrested the husband of distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-times World ...

Rafa Nadal said he still does not know when he will play tennis again as he works to ...

The City of Trenton, New Jersey, held a celebratory parade for native 19-year-old Olympian Athing Mu on Aug. ...

TOKYO—The Paralympics began Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium—during the same pandemic—as the opening and closing ceremonies ...

OSLO—Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm is not against innovation in sports but feels the new carbon-technology shoes are hurting ...

World number one Nelly Korda will begin her quest for a second major title alongside Japan's Nasa Hataoka ...

The Olympics happened this summer. Don’t worry if you missed them, most people did, with the Tokyo Olympics ...

Brazilian soccer team members appeared in American brand Nike shirts at the Tokyo Olympics’ award ceremony instead of ...

As the Tokyo Summer Olympics closed on Aug. 8, attention has turned back to the controversy surrounding the ...

TOKYO—Despite the pandemic, the one-year delay, and the soaring costs, the Japanese public may still find a sweet ...

TOKYO—By the time she reached the 65th and final lap of her eight-day Olympic odyssey, Sifan Hassan's neck ...

TOKYO–Neeraj Chopra won the men's javelin on Saturday with a best throw of 87.58 meters to claim an ...

YOKOHAMA–Brazil retained their Olympic football title with substitute Malcom scoring an extra-time winner in a 2–1 victory over ...

The U.S. men's basketball team won the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 7. Team ...

April Ross and Alix Klineman won gold in women's beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics, besting Australian counterparts ...

American Ryan Crouser dedicated his shot put gold medal to his late grandfather after setting an Olympic record ...

American wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock has gone viral after she expressed her love for the United States in an ...

Commentary "Alea iacta est," the die has been cast. This famous statement, attributed by ancient Roman historian Suetonius to ...

TOKYO—The 100 meters at the Olympics is the event that turns sprinters into kings: Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, ...

TOKYO–World number five Alexander Zverev won the biggest title of his career when he crushed Russian Karen Khachanov ...

TOKYO—The French men’s foil team avenged its loss in the 2016 Olympic final by beating a trio of ...