Olympics

Tonaki reached the final in her Olympic debut but could not clear the final hurdle to gold, settling for silver after falling against Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo.

The all-around 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion, who has said he will retire after these Games, lost his grip during his horizontal bars routine and failed to make next week's final.

With a bronze in Rio and silver in London, Miyake's father won bronze in 1968 and her uncle won gold in 1964 and 1968.

The "mild and sunny weather" Tokyo's bid for the Summer Olympics promised in 2013 was nowhere to be seen on the first day of the Olympic tennis competition.

Governments, municipalities and sponsors must work together to provide better opportunities to participate in sports and other physical activities.

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk tested out the new Olympic skate park in Tokyo's waterfront, calling the sport's adoption into the Games "surreal." Hawk, now 53 and father of four, said the Olympics would further help grow skateboarding's profile and expose the sport to audiences that ...

The U.S. Olympic team's chief medical officer said 83% of nearly 600 athletes to submit health checks had received a COVID-19 shot, but the entire team would be treated as if unvaccinated.

Straight out the gate, Day One is packed full of events, and already before noon, the Games' first gold medal has been logged: Congratulations to Yang Qian!

Australia trailed 3-2 at halftime after conceding three goals to Japan in quick succession not long before the break but kept fighting to turn the tables in the final two quarters.

Nourine's withdrawal was "in total opposition to the philosophy of the International Judo Federation," the federation said.

The youngest Olympian since 11-year-old Spanish rower Carlos Front in 1992. Zaza was born in Hama, Syria, to an athletic family and started playing table tennis at the age of 5.