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: ...

The International Olympic Committee has agreed to postpone this year’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo to 2021 after weeks of mounting pressure and criticism in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All ...

The Tokyo Olympics, after being postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finally commence on July 23 with the majesty of the Opening Ceremony at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. That will kick off ...

When the delayed Tokyo Games kick-off next year, the opening and closing ceremonies will be “simpler and more restrained,” according to the organizing committee. In an announcement Tuesday, the group ...

Nineteen-year-old phenom Athing Mu captured 800m gold Tuesday night in Tokyo, breaking the U.S. record and triumphantly expiring what had been the longest active American title drought in Olympic ...

Sydney McLaughlin roared back after the final set of barriers to capture 400m hurdles gold Wednesday in Tokyo, shaving nearly a half-second off her own world record from U.S. Trials in 51.46 and ...

Team USA secured the most total medals won in Tokyo, with 113 overall -- 25 more than second-place China after 16 days of competition. On the last day of the competition, Team USA took the lead in ...

GENEVA, Ill. (WLS) -- Local athletes competing in the Summer Games include a Geneva native who beat cancer. Kevin McDowell finished sixth in the triathlon -- the best-ever showing for a U.S. male.

It seems like only yesterday that a robotic disco horse galloped down the Seine and a chorus of decapitated Marie Antoinettes kicked off the Paris Games in a rain-soaked fever dream of an opening ...