Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to win Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles Wednesday as Japanese teenager Sakura Yosozumi maintained the hosts' stranglehold on the skateboarding competition.
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah made history with the Olympic sprint "double-double" on Tuesday.
Karsten Warholm blitzed his own 400 metres hurdles world record in winning the Olympic title in Tokyo Tuesday.
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles stared down the debilitating "twisties" to bravely win Olympic bronze Tuesday as Norway's Karsten Warholm lit up the Tokyo athletics competition with a stunning hurdles world record.
Political tension played out around a Belarusian sprinter at the Tokyo Games on Monday while organizers said they were looking into a gesture by U.S. shot...
Lamont Marcell Jacobs stormed to a shock victory in the Olympics 100m final on Sunday to cap a golden double for Italy on a dramatic day of athletics action...
Weightlifter Mahassen Hala Fattouh produced a stellar performance in the women’s 76 kg at the Olympics Sunday, making history in the process as the first...
French boxer Mourad Aliev lodged a furious protest with an hour-long ring-side sit-in Sunday after being disqualified in his super heavyweight quarterfinal...
Louis van Gaal was named Wednesday as the new coach of the Netherlands, signing a deal through to next year's World Cup final in Qatar, the Dutch football...
Tokyo, Aug 3, 2021 (AFP) - Reigning Olympic men's football champions Brazil sealed a return to the final as they defeated Mexico 4-1 on penalties Tuesday...
World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5 2-6 6-3 Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women's singles...
Novak Djokovic's bid for a calendar Golden Grand Slam was dramatically ended by Alexander Zverev in the Olympics men's singles semifinals Friday.
Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum turned on the style as the US men's basketball team eventually shook off the Czech Republic to win 119-84 to reach the Olympic...
Russell Westbrook joined LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster NBA trade deal with the Washington Wizards according to...
Lewis Hamilton missed the chance to chalk up his 100th victory but did take over the lead in the world championship as France's Esteban Ocon steered his way...
Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for a record-extending eighth time Sunday despite a 10-second penalty for a controversial first lap collision...
Alexander Zverev said that "nothing is bigger" than winning an Olympic gold medal after brushing aside Karen Khachanov to take the men's singles title in...
Caeleb Dressel powered to his fifth swimming gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics Sunday as the United States won their duel in the pool with Australia, while...
Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the joint second fastest time in history as she retained her Olympic 100m crown Saturday ahead of pre-race favorite Shelly-Ann...
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles further slashed her Tokyo Olympics schedule over a crippling mental block Saturday as a raging Novak Djokovic missed out on...
Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega stormed to a brilliant 10,000m victory to claim the first gold medal of a spectator-less Olympic athletics...
An American swimmer sparked controversy at the Tokyo Games Friday when he said it would take a long time to clear his sport of doping after losing his Olympic...
Lebanon's Ray Bassil ended her Olympic campaign in 21st place in the women's trap event Thursday, finishing with 114 bowls from 125.
(Adds links and details) By Simon Evans and Mitch Phillips TOKYO, July 29 (Reuters) - The rivalry of economic powerhouses China, Japan and the United States...
Lebanon's Ray Bassil finished in 23rd place in the women's trap shooting Wednesday, securing 67 from 75 bowls to ensure her place in Thursday's second round.
U.S. superstar Simone Biles pulled out of a second Tokyo Olympics gymnastics competition to protect her mental health Wednesday, raising serious doubt over...
Simone Biles' bid for a record six gold medals at the Tokyo Games ended abruptly Tuesday when she dropped out of the women's team final after one vault and...
Moroccan heavyweight boxer Youness Baalla attempted to bite David Nyika's ear during his defeat to the New Zealander at the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday.
Japanese star Naomi Osaka crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics tennis competition Tuesday as Brazil's Italo Ferreira and America's Carissa Moore claimed the...
Australia's Ariarne Titmus won a thrilling 400m freestyle duel with American great Katie Ledecky in the Olympic pool Monday as Caeleb Dressel launched his bid...
Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya clinched the Olympic title in the women's street skateboarding competition Monday, shedding tears of happiness after...
Egypt may not have a strong badminton team but its two female representatives at the Tokyo Games have plenty of moxie.
Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui was so shocked to see his name in the gold medal position for the 400m freestyle on Sunday he did not believe his eyes but after...
The reign of Japan's "King Kohei" Uchimura, two-time Olympics all-around champion and holder of seven Olympic medals, came to an abrupt end Saturday when he...
In an opening ceremony marked by simplicity, one tradition held Friday - athletes from all over the world paraded into the Olympic stadium to represent their...
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organizers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former...
The Japanese women's softball team got the Tokyo 2020 Olympics off to a winning start for the hosts Wednesday, kicking off a pandemic-postponed Games that the...