The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelmed medical system.
Eliud Kipchoge produced a marathon masterclass and the USA edged China at the top of the Tokyo Olympics medals table as the curtain fell on the biggest sports event since the pandemic Sunday.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra delivered a first ever Olympic track and field gold medal for India Saturday as the Tokyo Games athletics competition drew to a close.
Shaunae Miller Uibo and Faith Kipyegon retained their titles as Allyson Felix became the most decorated female Olympic track and field athlete of all time in a sparkling penultimate session at the Olympic Stadium Friday.
Beach volleyball players roasted on the sands of Tokyo Bay and Olympic race walkers broiled in Japan's supposedly cooler north Friday, while organizers...
Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's Tokyo Games have had their accreditation revoked and were removed from the athletes...
USA field athletes won two Olympic gold medals Thursday to spare their track teammates' blushes as the big names failed to sparkle once again.
Australian teen Keegan Palmer flew to a stunning skateboarding gold medal Thursday as the USA suffered track disappointment with a major flop in the 4x100...
Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga Sunday after scoring twice in two minutes to pull off an incredible late comeback against Valencia.
Lionel Messi had a lively home debut for Paris Saint-Germain but it was his compatriot Mauro Icardi who scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner as the Ligue 1...
Novak Djokovic's quest for a record 21st major title that would have completed the calendar-year Grand Slam collapsed at the final hurdle in a stunning 6-4...
Tearful Novak Djokovic felt relief and sadness after his Grand Slam dream died with a US Open final defeat, overcome by loss but winning heartfelt support...
The USA edged past France to extend their men's Olympic basketball reign and America's Nelly Korda sealed women's golf gold as the busiest day at the Tokyo...
NBA All-Star Kevin Durant hailed his team for overcoming adversity Saturday after pouring in a game-high 29 points to lead the United States past France 87-82...
Daniel Ricciardo won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix Sunday as the Australian took advantage of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's dramatic crash which...
Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull Sunday and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans...
Andre de Grasse upstaged Noah Lyles to claim the first men's 200m gold of the post-Usain Bolt era Wednesday, as Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world...
Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to win Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles Wednesday as Japanese teenager Sakura Yosozumi maintained...
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...
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...
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...