A 16-year-old George Nissen saw circus performers bounce on nets. This observation sparked an idea for a training device. Nissen experiment...

Archaeologists may have found a hidden port at ancient Olympia. This discovery suggests a major logistical hub existed there. For centuries...

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has issued a stern warning to the Indian government regarding her safety at the upcoming National Open Ranking Tourn...

The head of the US Olympic committee said on Tuesday the 2026 World Cup will be a first "trial run" of the United States' ability to host s...

India will send a 49-member contingent to the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025 in Turin, Italy, featuring 30 athletes across six di...

For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony was not held in a stadium. The organisin...

Spectating. In this sport, yet to be given official status, the players are the spectators reacting to their teams or athletes.

In a taste of what is to come for thousands of athletes who will compete at the pandemic-postponed Games, the public was kept away from the...

Media reports that organisers were considering allowing alcohol consumption in Olympics venues provoked a public outcry earlier this week, ...

The report, led by top health adviser Shigeru Omi, was released after Tokyo 2020's organising committee chief told the Sankei newspaper she...

The latest budget for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics of 1.6 trillion yen ($15 billion) is up 22% from the previous one compiled before ...

The organising committee may consider allowing the entry of volunteers with specialised skills such as speaking minority languages as an ex...

Sources have told that Japan has decided to stage the Games without spectators from abroad due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, but...

The survey, conducted online on Feb. 1-8, showed 56.0% of the companies polled feel Japan should cancel or postpone the Games, up from 53.6...

In an interview ahead of the Games' six-month countdown, Muto conceded people are "anxious" as virus cases soar worldwide, including in Jap...

Tokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto, after a meeting Thursday about infection countermeasures, confirmed for the first time that a ...

In Tokyo, Sunday's staging of the annual marathon, which last year saw close to 38,000 amateur participants, was scaled back to just a few ...