When it won its bid in 2013, the Tokyo metropolitan government estimated the cost to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic ...

From the track to the top of the diving platform, women like Allyson Felix, Krysta Palmer, Raven Saunders and Simone Biles ...

Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic ...

Get to know Tokyo, the vibrant Japanese capital city that will be hosting this Olympic Games. Plus see what the official ...

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said that she accepts it would be better to have no spectators to lessen the risk of coronavirus infections, following a report ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's National Stadium was fan-less four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics; zero atmosphere in the $1.4 billion, 60,000-seat venue for the globe's greatest track and ...

People cheer as Japan's national women's soccer team wearing their silver medals wave atop an open-top bus parade through Japan's Ginza shopping district in Tokyo August 20, 2012. Japan held its first ...

The International Olympic Committee’s three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone — are terminating ...

An interactive look at the history, mechanics, equipment and schedules for the Athletics events at the Summer Olympics ...

Comebacks turn great athletes into legends. The Olympics push the body and mind harder than any other event. Some athletes compete through injuries. Others return after illness, crashes, or years of ...

A marquee name on the world stage of women’s basketball, Australia’s own Elizabeth Cambage, usually referred to as Liz ...