Organizers of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics have dismissed the director of the Opening Ceremony just 24 hours before the event is slated to begin, the latest setback for an event already rife with ...

It’s easy to call Australian Olympians who receive their COVID shot early ‘queue jumpers’. But the argument for them having early access to the vaccine is more nuanced. Here’s why. Still in the midst ...

Kon Ichikawa’s documentary of the 1964 games is one of the great sporting documentaries – if not simply one of the great documentaries. Mandatory sex testing at the Olympics might have stopped in the ...

The sports world has been thrown into a loop this year because of the coronavirus outbreak across the globe. Back in early wintertime, there were signs of the epidemic spreading to a handful of ...

The Team Japan House has opened in central Paris for the 2024 Summer Games, featuring an exhibition that explores the influence of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on the current Paris Games. The house will ...

Sarah Gamal will be refereeing 3-on-3 basketball. For Sarah Gamal, the significance of being the first hijab-wearing basketball referee to take part in the Olympic Games goes well beyond the court.

The sport will be making its debut in Tokyo. Skateboarding has always been as much about culture as competition. But now, that culture will have to make room for the biggest competition in the world: ...

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Next year's Tokyo marathon has been rescheduled from March to until after the delayed Olympics due to the ongoing concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Friday, ...

ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- The 2021 Summer Games are making history with a record number of LBGTQ+ athletes including two transgender competitors. This move toward increasing transgender visibility ...