Olympics

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee heeded calls from American athletes by announcing Thursday that it won’t sanction them for raising their fists or kneeling on the medals stand at next year’s Tokyo Games and beyond.

The International Olympic Committee’s pursuit of urban events to lure a younger audience saw breakdancing officially added to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Games.

A mobile app could be among the measures used to track the health of fans from abroad if they are permitted to attend next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

As he toured the Athletes Village on Tuesday, IOC President Thomas Bach issued a gentle plea to all competitors to get vaccinated before the Tokyo Olympics — if a vaccine is available.

Tokyo Olympic officials want the world to know they are working on measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic at next year’s games, even if they don’t know exactly what they will be.

It’s been six months since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year by the COVID-19 pandemic. So where do the Olympics stand now? Here’s a quick look.

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya lost her long legal battle Tuesday against track and field’s rules that limit female runners' naturally high testosterone levels.

‘Rising Phoenix’ review: Spotlighting athletes of the Paralympics while the Olympics are postponed

The IOC apologized on Friday and deleted a Twitter message which some saw as celebrating Nazi Germany's hosting of the 1936 Olympics.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is open to challenging IOC rules restricting protests at the Olympics.

Amid a global wave of demonstrations against racism, the IOC said Wednesday it would open talks that could let athletes make stronger protests at the Olympic Games.

Although the coronavirus pandemic has caused the most widespread disruption the sports world has seen, it’s not the first time they have been paused. Here are other events that have brought sports to a halt.

Delaying Olympics for a year may have helped Morolake Akinosun in her bid to return following recovery from Achilles tendon surgery.

Almost two months after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said Friday he still could not give an estimate of how much the one-year delay will cost.

The head of the IOC’s coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics said he disagrees with suggestions by some scientists and doctors that a vaccine for COVID-19 is needed to hold the Games in July 2021.

The 2020 Olympics have been postponed for a year because of the coronavirus. But for members of the 1980 men's and women's basketball teams, a postponement wasn't an option after the U.S. boycotted the Games.

The Tokyo Olympic flame has been taken off public display in Japan. And it’s not clear when it will reappear again or where — or under what conditions.

About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots for the Tokyo Games are in for 2021 under redrawn qualifying regulations published Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee.

The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year’s games. Tokyo organizers said Monday the opening ceremony will take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after the games were due to start this year.

The sudden rise in coronavirus cases in Tokyo and the government's strong actions immediately after the Olympic postponement have raised questions in parliament and among citizens about whether Japan understated the extent of the outbreak.

West Aurora grad Lauren Carlini had her professional volleyball season ended by the coronavirus, and her Olympic dreams also are on hold.

With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, now comes the multi-billion-dollar question: Who pays the bills for the delay, and how large will they be?

For the first time in history, an Olympic Games will be postponed.

How the debate over postponing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics changed this year during the coronavirus outbreak.

Joining an ever-growing chorus, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced late Monday that it would favor postponing the Tokyo Games this summer amid concerns about the coronavirus.

With the Canadian and Australian Olympic teams refusing to compete in Tokyo this summer, Japanese organizers and the International Olympic Committee appear to be reconsidering their position on holding the Games as scheduled despite the coronavirus pandemic.

How local Olympic hopefuls are adjusting their training regimens amid the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Olympic leaders face a growing rebellion after the USA Track and Field chief added to the call for a postponement of the Tokyo Games because of the coronavirus crisis.