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By William Mallard TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics will be remembered for the spotlight they shone on mental health, when even the toughest athletes opened up on the need to care for more than li...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Norway earned the bronze medal in Olympic women's handball after thrashing Sweden 36-19 at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. Norway dominated the clash at the Yoyogi Nati...

By Martyn Herman IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Canadian rider Kelsey Mitchell claimed the women's Olympic sprint gold medal, defeating Ukrainian Olena Starikova in the final at the Izu Velodrome on Sunday. A...

By Simon Evans YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Brazil captain Dani Alves said his dream had come true after winning an Olympic gold medal at the age of 38 with a 2-1 extra-time victory over Spain in Satur...

By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - The South Korean Olympic team said on Sunday that the team fell short of its target for gold medals, but boasted no diplomatic clash with the host Japan during the Gam...

By Chris Gallagher SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Locked in a three-way race for silver and bronze in the Olympic men's marathon on Sunday, Abdi Nageeye put friendship first to urge his struggling trainin...

By Martyn Herman IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Jason Kenny became Britain's greatest-ever Olympian as he powered to victory in the men's keirin on Sunday to claim the seventh gold medal of his incredible car...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics reported 26 new Games-related COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total since July 1 to 430 cases. (Reporting by Mari Saito; Editing by Ana Nicola...

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Italy's COVID-19 gamble that allowed a small group of elite athletes to train through the pandemic when much of the world was in lockdown has paid off handsomely ...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, amid concerns ov...