RIO DE JANEIRO — Japan’s Olympics minister says he is visiting Rio de Janeiro to learn from the city’s experience hosting the 2016 Summer Games. Shunichi...
Bobby Sanguinetti had long given up on this dream. It began during 90-minute car rides to hockey practice as a 10-year-old, and it was very much...
The last time Ted Ligety felt this confident, this healthy and this fast on his skis was ages ago. Oct. 25, 2015, in Soelden, Austria, to...
WINDSOR, Ontario —Teenage sensation Penny Oleksiak may be one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians. But this week’s FINA world short-course swimming championships are a week-long tutorial...
MANILA—Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz arrived here Thursday, fresh from clinching the Olympic silver medal in the ongoing 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Diaz,...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz brought joy to the entire nation Sunday (Monday morning in Manila) when she bagged the silver medal in the...
RIO DE JANEIRO—What it lacked in flash, Rio made up for with feeling. With a limited budget, the consequence of a biting recession that roiled preparations...
TOKYO—Five sports, including surfing and skateboarding, moved a step closer to being included in the Tokyo 2020 Games after being described as “a dynamic and exciting”...
MONTREAL—Every time she visits Montreal, Nadia Comaneci gets to relive her historic performance at the 1976 Olympics. This time was a little different. It was the...
The Winter Olympic Games set to unfold in the Russian beach resort town of Sochi was plagued by controversy right from the start. When organizers...