Olympic Games

Brazil's libero Camila Brait and teammate Rosamaria Montibeller fist bump during a women's volleyball semifinal match against South Korea, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. 
Tokyo Olympics
Move over soccer: Brazil’s award-winning volleyball teams compete for Olympic gold
A group of 40 men of all ages wear a mix of white and blue judogis — the traditional judo uniform. Most are black belts.
Tokyo Olympics
France loves judo: How the French team won the Olympic gold
In this May 17, 2021, demonstrators protest against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers run into some of the strongest medical-community opposition so far with the games set to open in just over eight weeks. 
Tokyo Olympics
As demand grows to cancel Tokyo Olympics, who has the power to call it off?
Workers move a sign at the Olympic Village for the 2022 Winter Olympics in the Chongli district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, Oct. 29, 2020.
Global Politics
Human rights groups weigh boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
People dressed in white carry the Olympic flag instead of the Russian flag.
Global Politics
Russia appeals to IOC for permission to fly flag at Games
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Global Politics
Two Koreas will march together at the Olympics
China's gold medal-winning Olympic volleyball team
Sports
Here’s some proof that women have always crushed the Olympics
China's gold medal-winning Olympic volleyball team
Sports
Here’s some proof that women have always crushed the Olympics
Runners compete in the Women's Marathon during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Sports
See 120 years of struggle for gender equality at the Olympics
Rio security Ipanema beach
Conflict
By some measures, Rio will be the most secure Olympic Games yet
Rio security Ipanema beach
Conflict
By some measures, Rio will be the most secure Olympic Games yet
The existence of the LA Coliseum is one reason LA is attractive a a possible Olympics host
Sports
What’s next for the Olympic Games in the US?
Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic stadium design has been scrapped
Sports
Tokyo scraps plans to build $2 Billion Olympic stadium
Arts, Culture & Media
2012 Olympics mascots revealed to mixed reviews
Sports
After all the talk about security in Sochi, things have been pretty smooth
Children pose for a picture outside of the Sochi Olympic Park.
Arts, Culture & Media
The Sochi Olympics project a happier, friendlier Russia. Locals wish that were true
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) visits Team Ukraine House at the Olympic Park during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Games February 15, 2014.
Sports
Is Ukraine’s violence overshadowing Putin’s Olympics?
Russia Bobsled
Sports
Visitors to the Sochi Olympics are enthralled, residents are less so
A copy of Argumenty i Fakty, a weekly newspaper from Moskow, is on sale at a Brighton Beach shop.
Sports
In the Russian-American community of Brighton Beach, the Sochi Olympics are big
Viktor ahn
Sports
How did a South Korean Olympic speed skater end up skating for Russia?
Global Scan
If you live in a dangerous place, a new app from Lebanon can reassure your family
Sochi
Sports
The 2014 Olympic Games begin with an image remake for Russia
Olympic Mishka statue.
Sports
This Moscow man remembers the 1980 Summer Olympics as a beautiful fairy tale
Lifestyle & Belief
Are we actually pushing Russia further away by shining such an intense spotlight on its questionable practices?
Sochi
Sports
With the world’s spotlight now on Sochi, what’s the city like from the resident’s perspective?
Sochi has been struggling to make its public spaces handicapped accessible, including sidewalk markings for the visually impaired. Two weeks before the Olympics, there was still work to be done.
Sports
Sochi says goodbye to its Soviet era and hello to a modern Olympics
India's Shiva K.P. Keshavan speeds down the track during a training run for the men's singles luge in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. Keshavan will be at Sochi, along with two other athletes from India, bu
Sports
India’s Olympic athletes will be at Sochi, but not their country
Russian police check a driver's documents in Sochi December 30, 2013.
Sports
Russia ramps up Olympic security in Sochi, but can they do it with a smile?
Russian police check a driver's documents in Sochi December 30, 2013. The International Olympic Committee has no doubt Russian authorities will be able to provide security at the Winter Olympics, a spokeswoman said on Monday after two bomb blasts killed t
Conflict & Justice
What will it take to secure the Winter Olympics in Sochi?
Sports
Women are finally cleared for flight in Sochi
Billie Jean King
Sports
It’s King versus Putin in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ 2
Global Politics
Vancouver’s openly gay deputy mayor is going to Sochi on a mission
Global Politics
Russian anti-gay laws have some calling for a 2014 Olympic boycott
Global Politics
According to history, world politics always on display during Olympics
Global Politics
London to shrink Olympic Stadium after games conclude
IOC resists calls for moment of silence for victims of 1972 Munich Games kidnapping
Arts, Culture & Media
Olympic sports include a diverse history that may surprise you
China and the legacy of the Olympic Games
PRI’s ‘The World’: Olympic debate
Sports
Tulsa 2024: The Real Plan to Make OK the Home of the Summer Olympic Games
Sports
Olympians Of A Certain Age
Sports
Olympic Runner Oscar Pistorius Charged with Murder
Sports
North Korea Debuts at the Paralympic Games
Sports
London 2012: When the Party’s Over
Global Politics
London 2012: Italian Fails Doping Test and British Cycling Star Breaks Gold Medal Record
Arts, Culture & Media
London 2012: Celebrating the Amateur Athlete in Poetry
Global Politics
London Mayor Boris Johnson and his Olympic City
Global Politics
Pie, Mash, And Liquor in the Olympic City
Global Politics
Olympic Dreams in Times of Austerity
Sports
London 2012: Excitement Mounts, Athletes Protest, and Poetry
London 2012: Poetry of the Olympic Games
Sports
London Summer Olympics Get Underway
Arts, Culture & Media
Families of the Victims of 1972 Munich Massacre Call for Minute of Silence
Conflict & Justice
An Olympic Task: Catching Drug Cheats at the London Games
Global Politics
London 2012: Male Athletes Fly First Class, Heathrow Strike, Libya Olympic President Kidnapped
Sports
London 2012: Summer Olympics
Lifestyle & Belief
London 2012: Saudi Arabia Will Send Women to London Olympics
Remote working
Sports
Oscar Pistorius Makes History, to Run in London Olympics
Environment
Getting Ready for the London 2012 Summer Olympics