Best photos of the 2021 Olympics. Simone Biles is shining a spotlight on the pressure behind gold medals. These athletes have ...

Storylines, events to watch, start times, TV networks and live streams links for the Tokyo Olympic Games on the night of Friday, July 23 and morning of Saturday, July 24.

Members of the national judo team posing with their respective medals, at the end of the match between Japan and France, at the Paris 2024 Olympics, in the Arena Champ-de-Mars, Paris, August 3, 2024.

You would have forgiven Akio Kaminaga for losing his cool. Heading into the gold-medal match at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, the Japanese judo champion was under enormous pressure. That year’s Games ...

It was a response typical of an International Federation which had just seen a mixed version of their sport gain a place at the Olympics and all the prestige that entails. Others, particularly those ...