Organizers announced 17 new Covid-19 cases directly linked to the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday – taking the total to 127. As of Saturday, 14 athletes and 34 “Games-concerned personnel” have tested ...

As a child, Hiroko Fujita watched the 1964 Tokyo Games on television. Now remembered as an event that brought live Olympics sports to the world, Fujita told CNN how thrilling it had been to witness ...

Organizers say the Tokyo Games have set a new standard for sustainability, but critics beg to differ. Matt Alderton is a journalist who covers climate and environment issues, renewable energy, clean ...

Karate made its long-awaited Olympic debut Thursday, one of four new sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games, where athletes are fighting to win not only gold but to secure the sport’s future as an Olympic ...

Japan's Naomi Osaka carries the Olympic torch towards the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic flame burns after the lighting of the Olympic ...

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are finally here. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, it has been a long five years of waiting, and, in athletes' cases, training. From July 23 to August 8, 2021, athletes ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, already postponed one year because of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The opening ceremony may be still a day away, but the Tokyo 2020 ...

After weeks of athletic feats, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games came to an end on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, at the closing ceremony in an empty Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes arrive for the closing ...

Last year’s Tokyo Olympics have been described as the first “streaming Games” after becoming the most-watched Games on digital platforms. Timo Lumme, managing director, IOC Television and Marketing ...

As the world has watched with varying degrees of joy, appreciation, skepticism and concern (sometimes all during the same event!), the competitors themselves, every one of whom trained their tails off ...

If growing your roster were a Paralympic sport, this year's games would win gold. There are 4,403 athletes taking part in the international competition getting underway Tuesday, according to the ...