While the eyes of the world will soon be upon Paris and the sporting competition, we take a look back at the last summer Olympics, which took place in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, and marked the ...

There’s nothing like watching the Olympics on TV to give you a major case of wanderlust. Despite the mostly empty stadiums – spectators were banned – athletes from around the world have still been ...

The Tokyo Olympics, christened with “2020” but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday night. A rollicking ...

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a record haul of 27 gold medals, far exceeding the previous high of 16 at the 2000 Athens Olympics. Mitsugi Ogata, general ...

TOKYO (AP) — The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months and not be canceled despite surging COVID-19 ...

Despite the courageous and determined efforts of the host nation, the Summer Games came to a downbeat conclusion in Tokyo Sunday night. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief One year late and staged ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --A low-key Closing Ceremony marked the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics , as organizers, athletes and delegations bid a bittersweet farewell to Games that were delayed for a year by ...

Tokyo — It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. A rollicking closing ceremony with the theme "Worlds ...

The Team Japan House has opened in central Paris for the 2024 Summer Games, featuring an exhibition that explores the influence of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on the current Paris Games. The house will ...

In this July 25, 2021, file photo, Gold medalist Uta Abe, of Japan, second from left, stands beneath her country’s flag following the medal ceremony for women’s -52kg judo, at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...