Olympics

What will this year’s Olympic Games look like with so much of the world affected by the pandemic? Mike Tirico previews the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

American athlete Nia Ali is running toward her second Olympic team, ready to prove she deserves to be there as a mother of two. “It’s not about proving other people wrong, but I like to try to prove myself right.”

After earning bronze in the Rio Olympics, 42-year-old Kerri Walsh Jennings aims for her fourth gold in Tokyo with new partner Brooke Sweat. If she qualifies, she would be the oldest beach volleyball player ever to take an Olympic court.

At 6 feet, 7 inches tall and 315 pounds, the athlete bench presses 500 pounds but says his progress in finding mental focus has given him a new edge.

The Team USA attacker says his grandmother is waiting in Japan to see him play.

Hear from Allyson Felix, Megan Rapinoe, Katie Ledecky and other members of Team USA as they share their experience during the pandemic, emotions after the 2020 Games were delayed and the excitement for Tokyo.

Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics who come down with minor symptoms of COVID-19 could be isolated in a hotel lined up by local organizers of the games, according to Japan’s Kyodo news agency, which cited unnamed officials with “knowledge of the plan.”

Former Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski of France has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps

A Tokyo 2020 organizer says the Olympic torch relay is ready to begin.

Olympian Summer Rappaport pushes her body to exhaustion for a living. But waiting for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics seems to be a “constant grind.”

The International Olympic Committee and China are teaming up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming games in both Tokyo and Beijing

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, who led the committee through the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, has won re-election to a second term.

The International Olympic Committee said Brisbane, Australia is the frontrunner to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, which, if selected, would mark the third time Australia has hosted the summer games.

Russia’s team and athletes will be officially branded as “ROC” at the next two Olympics

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee Yoshiro Mori has resigned from his position

Simone Biles is ready to bare it all. On Feb. 11, the trailer dropped for the 19-time World Champion’s Facebook Watch docuseries Simone vs Herself and it seems viewers will be getting an up-close and personal look into the life of the four-time Olympic gold medalist. The trailer shows Biles gearing up for the 2021 Olympic games which were postponed…

Yoshiro Mori, the Tokyo Olympics chief, is expected to step down after sparking backlash both at home in Japan and abroad. Mori landed in hot water after saying women spoke too much during meetings, which he categorized as annoying, and asked for time restrictions for board members if more female members were to be added.

USA Hockey stars Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando discuss their hockey careers, as well as their fight for equity in the sport and in low-income communities. The sisters were crucial in negotiating better pay, accommodations and maternity leave for U.S. women’s hockey players.

Ground rules to help ensure a safe Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic have been detailed