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By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Team USA extended a historic run of championships in Olympic women's basketball on Sunday, winning the gold against home team Japan, which made their first-ever appear...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he offered his help on the night Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was ejected from the Olympics by officials of her own Belaruss...

By Martyn Herman IZU (Reuters) - American Jennifer Valente recovered from a late crash to land gold for the United States in the women's omnium as a memorable week of track racing concluded at the Izu...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan secured the country's record medal haul at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games of at least 56 medals as of Sunday morning, of which 27 are gold. The new record far exceeds its previou...

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...