Seattle gets the Kraken, Canadian fans return to the arena, regular divisions and cross-border travel are back, and N.H.L. players are headed to the Olympics.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs, a mixed-race Italian athlete, was not well known heading into the Olympics but he emerged as the world’s top sprinter, with two gold medals.
Connor Fields’s gruesome crash on the Olympic BMX track left him with serious brain trauma, a fractured memory and a lot of questions about the future.
Actively Black will outfit Team Nigeria at the Games.
Keller, 39, faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years, but the first Capitol rioter to plead guilty to the same charge was sentenced to eight months.
Athletes and visitors will face severe restrictions on their movement, Beijing 2022 organizers said, and a level of control never before seen at the Games.
“I love these words and phrases because usually they start in practice or in conversation,” Courtney Frerichs said. Those words and phrases helped her win a silver medal.
With the Paralympics underway in Tokyo, we’re remembering the lives of athletes with a variety of disabilities around the world who found freedom in their sports.
See the action from inside the Tokyo Games’ anti-pandemic bubble — including a few things you might have missed.
As the Tokyo Games wind down, we look back on some memorable debuts and victories.
See how the fastest swimmers and runners from Tokyo 2020 compare with past champions, plus watch visualizations of more than 40 Olympic races.
See the Summer Olympics in a series of composite images.
The women's modern pentathlon took place Friday. Here's what you need to know
The U.S. women’s beach volleyball team won gold in some of the hottest temperatures at these Games.
At the Tokyo Games, the music selected by artistic swimming teams often was better suited to a horror movie than to a symphony matinee.
Speed climbing is just the latest sport that didn’t seem to go as expected during these Games.
Count Sakura Yosozumi among the newest stars of these Games.
Here's how to decipher the action at the Olympic velodrome.
On a fast track at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin edged her closest rival in the final meters and shaved 0.44 of a second off her own world record.
Simone Biles was back on the balance beam, while Athing Mu introduced herself to the world
U.S. soccer falls to Canada, but an American gymnast rebounds from a loss.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs achieved a top speed of 26.76 miles per hour to finish the 100-meter race in 9.80 seconds, 0.22 seconds off Usain Bolt’s world record set in 2009.
Marcell Jacobs of Italy was a surprise winner in the men’s 100-meter dash, finishing in 9.80 seconds.
The gold medalist, Elaine Thompson-Herah, averaged more than 21 miles per hour to finish the race in 10.61 seconds.
Marcell Jacobs of Italy was a surprise winner in the men’s 100-meter dash, finishing in 9.80 seconds.
How Katie Ledecky’s competitors are closing the gap on her dominance in the pool.
The Americans beat the Netherlands in a shootout. They play Canada next.
India Pagán, who plays center for the women’s basketball team from Puerto Rico, walked us through her day in Tokyo.
We invited three elite runners to run on the world’s fastest treadmill to examine the differences between running fast and running far (but still pretty fast).
A new gymnastics champion was crowned. Elsewhere, paddlers navigated some treacherous obstacles.
Here’s how Sunisa Lee of the United States won the Olympic gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition at the Tokyo Games.
U.S. women won the first three-on-three basketball gold. Katie Ledecky made history, too.
It might depend whom you ask — and how they count.
Simone Biles exited her gymnastics team final, and the tennis star Naomi Osaka lost.
Biles lost her way midair while vaulting in the women’s team final on Tuesday.
More medals, missed opportunities and upsets as the Games pick up momentum.
Courtney’s success hasn’t been rivaled by other U.S. cyclists in decades. She hopes to propel the sport further into the spotlight with her Olympic debut.
Because holding back now helps nobody.
Australia won the 4x100 freestyle by more than 3 seconds over the United States. Here’s the meter-by-meter analysis of how they did it.
The U.S. women’s soccer team found some answers, and a new sport made its Olympic debut.
You might have missed it, but look again. They want to change the Olympic fashion game.
As the Tokyo Olympics begin, we are looking back at Olympians who died in recent years.
The journey to the Tokyo Olympics was a unique experience. Here’s an inside look.
Manuel, 24, who had a banner 2019, has grappled with overtraining syndrome this year. In Tokyo, she aims to find her way back.
Muhammad, 31, lost her world record at the U.S. Olympic trials. She will face a field packed with talent as she tries to remain on top.
Lee, 18, is making her Olympic debut after a challenging year. Her versatility is crucial to Team USA’s shot at a third consecutive gold.
Ondra, 28, is the world’s best climber, but a controversial decision by Olympic organizers may block his path.
Here are the American gymnasts you’re likely to see on the awards podium.
Here are a few track and field Olympians to know.
In the past month, cases have decreased and vaccination has ramped up dramatically — but with less than one-fifth of the country even partially vaccinated, many residents remain worried about hosting the Games.
The 50 pool swimmers representing the United States in Tokyo have nine individual Olympic gold medals and three silvers among them. Thirty-five will be making their Olympic debuts.
“The athletes do not have a seat at the table when the decisions are being made. It’s a big machine.”
Watch the moves that helped put Biles on top of the gymnastics world.
The ruling reduced a four-year ban to two, but will keep Russian teams out of the next two Olympics and dozens of other global competitions.
The ruling reduced a four-year ban to two, but will keep Russian teams out of the next two Olympics and dozens of other global competitions.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought most of the world’s sports to a standstill, but the Tokyo Games remain scheduled to begin in late July. Is that even possible?
Twitter will show some live coverage, highlights and a daily studio show from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
A new book about the running coach and guru Bob Larsen shows how, long before he made Meb Keflezighi a champion, he honed his approach to running and life with a group of hippie runners known as the Toads.
Recently stripped of a board seat in his family’s empire, Mr. Cho had been caught up in corruption investigations and a daughter’s “nut rage” incident.
The president’s budget is highly unlikely to win approval in Congress, but the Special Olympics funding enjoys broad support among Republicans and Democrats.
A proposal to cut $17.6 million from the Special Olympics is drawing widespread opposition, but it’s unlikely to make it past Congress anyway.
On Friday, she will play in the Frozen Four for the fourth time. She has never won a national championship.
Jones won a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics and signed pro football’s first million-dollar contract, with the Jets. But N.F.L. stardom eluded him.