GENEVA (AP) — Just about everybody, especially the organizers in Japan and Switzerland, want the Tokyo Olympics to open on July 23 — as scheduled. And yet, 2021 is starting on a similar path that led ...

Pfizer and its partner, Germany's BioNTech, announced Thursday that they have agreed to donate vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo Games, set to be held this summer despite ongoing concerns ...

TOKYO/ATHENS (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games' 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world's last sporting ...

It's the first gender-balanced Olympic Games in history, and there's a lot to learn from the athletes competing. Crippling Tokyo heat could be the most formidable opponent for athletes at the Olympics ...

The Tokyo Olympics have officially kicked off with the opening ceremony on Friday evening. The games were delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will continue to play a part in this year's ...

The U.S. women have won eight of the 11 Olympic 5-on-5 basketball tournaments, including six straight gold medals. They're favored again in the Tokyo Games, and their Olympic victories sometimes feel ...

The greatest athletes in the world will soon take the stage at the biggest sporting event this year, the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. While a lot of the athletes are not known, there will be a few ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan's ...

In this two-part series just in time for the 2026 Winter Olympics, we're taking a look at Japanese skaters who have shaped the sport past and present.