Dec 7 (Reuters) - Athletes competing at next year's Tokyo Olympics will have a shorter than usual stay at the world's biggest multi-sports event due to tight COVID-19 health protocols, the ...

Katie Ledecky, Andy Murray and Lisa Carrington are a few of the athletes vying for a third straight gold medal at the Tokyo ...

Dear Commissioner Junichi Kawai, On behalf of 12 organizations and individuals, we would like to extend our warmest congratulations on your recent appointment as Commissioner of the Japan Sports ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Cheers, flying discs and sprinting athletes filled this western Tokyo installation over the weekend as more than 100 American and Japanese competitors with disabilities — ...

Three-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon, double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet, and freshly minted world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir claimed gold for Kenya at the World Athletics ...

TOKYO — Seiko Hashimoto has been elected president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman to head the body. She is a former Olympian and was elected late Thursday to replace ...

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Sue Bird capped off her unblemished 17-year Olympics run with a record fifth gold medal. All she and longtime U.S. teammate Diana Taurasi have done on the international stage is ...

TOKYO, May 13 (Reuters) - Japanese nurse Arisa Tsubata has trained around her work shifts for over a year to prepare for a final Olympic boxing qualifier in the hope of making it to the Tokyo Games ...

If you’re an athletics fan, time to perfect your “work from home” excuses as the World Championships begin in Tokyo tomorrow. If you live west of Japan, that spells disrupted sleep patterns and ...