Olympic Games

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe holds a press conference at the Paris 2024 Main Press Centre on the last day of the Olympic Games at 7:45 a.m. ET on Aug. ...

Canadians have mixed feelings about hosting future international sporting events, with many seeing value in such events, and ...

What is the true story of how the Olympic Games began? John A. Martino and Michael P. O’Kane, ...

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates, who helped deliver the Sydney 2000 and Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games, ...

Commentary The approaching Winter Olympic Games scheduled for next month in Beijing provide a continuing spotlight on Uyghur ...

Commentary Human rights activist and writer Yang Maodong, also known by the pen name Guo Feixiong, faces the ...

Officials in a northern Chinese district banned residents from burning coal or wood for heating—even if it was ...

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles is set to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, after the city council approved ...

Commentary The recently completed Tokyo Summer Olympic Games were, in many respects, an unmitigated flop. NBC’s prime-time coverage ...

A long and arduous journey on and off the track ended in jubilation as Beth Shriever won Britain’s ...

HONG KONG—More than two decades removed from the upper reaches of women's football, China continue to look for ...

Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic Games, making it the third time Australia will be a host nation ...

By Rodolfo Oviedo After many doubts and uncertainty, we arrived at one more appointment of the Olympic Games, one ...

A coalition of human rights activists, legislators, and victims of communist China, among others, will hold a rally ...

Tokyo's state of emergency means no spectators at the Summer Olympic games, former President Trump's lawsuit against big tech is ...

The Australian Olympic Committee has rewritten its constitution to ensure at least one permanent Indigenous voice on its ...

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk envisions the entire Brisbane city area becoming an Olympic venue with hundreds of thousands ...

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has launched a special project to help athletes and sports navigate the hurdles ...

Multiple world swimming champion Federica Pellegrini has contracted COVID-19, the Italian said in a social media post on ...

Bribes? Not so, says Australia's lord of the Olympic rings. John Coates prefers the term "around the edges." ...

Two U.S. senators have called on NBC Universal to “put human rights over profits” by not broadcasting the ...

The insatiable desire to be faster, higher, and stronger has for centuries spurred athletes and coaches to find ...

The director of Russia's anti-doping lab said dozens of Russian athletes used a cocktail of drugs to win ...

The prospect of hosting any mega-event—especially the Olympic Games—is cause for serious consideration.

Russia could be banned from next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after a devastatingly critical World Anti-Doping ...

A month after Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympic Games collapsed, Los Angeles appears on the verge of ...

City analysts warned that construction costs for athlete housing in Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic bid may be significantly ...