In normal times, spirited anticipation marks the final days before the Olympics. This summer, cautious optimism for the power of sports to deliver something special clashes...
Team Japan had 338 athletes at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and the last time Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964 there were a total...
Announcing his choice to quit the Olympics without spectators, "It's a decision I didn't make lightly," said international tennis player Nick Kyrgios.
“My goal of course is to fight for a medal,” Calderano said. “There has been a lot of uncertainty in the last year or so. I’m...
Sapporo is hosting the Olympic marathons and walking races. The city is no stranger to the Olympics. In 1972 it staged the first Winter Games in...
“If the Games can be a time where people can see how much effort the athletes have put in and collectively have the courage to move...
The indie documentary Runner, about South Sudanese athlete Guor Maker, is about the hunger for recognition and respect that fuels the popularity of the Olympics.
Protesters ignore Major League Baseball, Wimbledon, and the Euro 2020 soccer tournament, which are all happening in the U.S. and the U.K, despite their higher number...
"I feel a great responsibility being appointed captain of the Japanese delegation to the Olympics held in our own nation.”
“The competition was so special and so fun for me. During skating it was like skating inside a dream,” Miyahara recalled.
According to the JASDF, they will be using smoke in five colors ー blue, yellow, black, green, and red ー to depict the interlaced rings symbolizing...
“Magic uses assumptions to show strange things happening. Similarly, Olympic athletes can sometimes narrow their field of view when they make assumptions.” – Shogo Shimura.