The following candidates will stand for election to replace Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic ...

And I've lived in Tokyo for a while, so it really means a lot for me to go back, to represent my family, but also my country," says the athlete, 28, ahead of karate's Olympic debut. "I'm going ...

A new program means US athletes who compete at the Olympics or Paralympics will be eligible to receive thousands in ...

Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

Nowadays, while the athletes don't get paid directly by ... It's a far cry from 1896 when the modern-day Olympics began. Take ...

with no more than two athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC). Breakdown of the modern pentathlon events: Riding: A show jumping course that features 15 jumps over 12 obstacles on an unfamiliar ...

IOC presidential candidate Sebastian Coe says the impact of climate change on the global sports calendar will be a priority ...

The shorter format isn’t the only change coming to modern pentathlon: after the Paris Olympics, an obstacle course discipline will replace horse riding. But for now, the horses remain. Athletes ...

The letter, signed by athletes from 89 different countries and including 65 Olympic champions, states: “To the incoming President, we ask that over the coming years and the course of your ...