Organizers in Ancient Olympia conducted an emergency lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, taking advantage of a brief spell of sunshine amid Greece’s stormy weather.

As part of a seismic schedule change for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, track and field, and not swimming, will lead off the Olympics.

Two 15-year-olds have been arrested in Washington for an attempted carjacking and beating of Edward Coristine, a prominent member of the Department of Government Efficiency.

The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago.

The iconic helium-powered balloon that attracted myriads of tourists during the Paris Olympic Games came back to light up the French capital’s skyline.

Veteran rock star Bruce Springsteen, a high-profile celebrity critic of President Donald Trump, slammed the U.S. administration as “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous” during a concert Wednesday in Berlin.

The IOC has signed a $3 billion deal with its long-time United States broadcast partner NBC for the 2034 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2036 Summer Games.

Nearly all of the new film “September 5” takes place in the darkened, smokey control room from which ABC Sports broadcast the hostage crisis of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Seven International Olympic Committee members are running as candidates to be the next president in its first election since 2013.

Declaring the U.S. the “greatest sports nation in the history of the world,” President Joe Biden welcomed U.S. Olympians and Paralympians at the White House on Monday to recognize their achievement in this summer’s games in Paris.

Two former Olympic champions are in the race to be the next IOC president.

Australian breaker Rachael Gunn says the backlash to her much-ridiculed Olympic performance has been “devastating,” adding that she took the competition seriously and gave her best effort.

As the Olympics close in Paris, Los Angeles has now taken the torch.

Paris has closed out two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a star-studded show in France’s national stadium.

As Paris shines under the global spotlight of the Olympic Games, technological innovations are enabling people with visual impairments to take it in.

On the other side of the Atlantic from Wall Street, a market more wholesome than cutthroat has sprung up at the Paris Olympics.

More than 100 conflicts fester around the world.

Canada has lost its appeal against the deduction of six competition points following a drone-spying scandal in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament.

The head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics — who must compete as neutrals — as war between the two countries grinds on for a third year.

A male judoka from Iraq tested positive for two anabolic steroids at the Paris Olympics.

Humidity sticks around for the day as moisture continues to flow in from the south and west.

Workers have gone on strike at the five-star hotel in Paris where members of the International Olympic Committee are staying.

French authorities say a French alleged neo-Nazi sympathizer was sentenced to two years in prison after making threats online and was suspected of wanting to target the Olympic torch relay.

In a powerful tribute to the hundreds of Ukrainian athletes who have perished since the Russian invasion of their homeland, the Union of Ukrainians of France led a peaceful march of several hundred people in Paris on Saturday.

Spain and England will play the European Championship final on Sunday in an imposing stadium with a dark history.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is now an Olympian.

France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the far-right party are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting in high-stakes surprise legislative elections.

More than 120 faith leaders are preparing for an Olympic challenge — how to spiritually support some 14,000 athletes and their staff who will take part in the Paris Games.

French prosecutors say three people have been released from custody pending further investigation after they allegedly placed five coffins at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

The road to Paris has come to an end for the legendary Oksana Chusovitina after sustaining an injury in training at the Asian Championships, her last opportunity to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games.

Some 40,000 meals will be served each day during the Paris Games to over 15,000 athletes from 200 different countries housed at the Olympic village.

This guide breaks down the rules and official competition format for Olympic cycling's mountain bike event. Learn how champions will be crowned in mountain biking at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

How to watch the 2024 U.S. Canoe Slalom Olympic Team Trials take place this weekend in Oklahoma City.

How Tokyo Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee has persevered through illness and self-doubt to make a run for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

In a meticulously choreographed ceremony on Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics will be lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece.

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas plans to compete at the upcoming American Classic (April 25-28), her first competition since the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In the three years since the Tokyo Olympics, what are the biggest storylines and developments in taekwondo to know ahead of the 2024 Paris Games?

Many other past Olympic hosts around the world have decided in recent years that bringing back the Games isn’t worth the money or hassle.

Police in Paris have removed about 50 migrants, including families with young children, from the Paris City Hall plaza as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee says it needs to find a suitable new international boxing body by early next year or else risk boxing dropping out of the Olympics for the Los Angeles Games in 2028.

U.S. waterpolo goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson talks about the increase of diversity within the sport and what progress is being made.

Learn about the biggest storylines from sport climbing in speed, bouldering and lead in the three years since the Tokyo Olympics. Find out which sport climbers could be competing for gold at the 2024 Paris Games.

Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic sport climbing, including a list of every medalist so far and the current records for sport climbing ahead of the 2024 Games in Paris.

Learn how athletes for Team USA and other countries qualify to compete in sport climbing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

An exhibit in the French capital before this summer's Paris Olympics shows how the games have been a “mirror of society” since the beginning of the 20th century.

Breaking is making its Olympic debut in Paris. The community hopes its rich culture and Bronx roots are represented.

Learn how surfers for Team USA and other countries qualify for the men's and women's surfing contests at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic surfing, including a list of every medalist so far and the current records for surfing ahead of the 2024 Games in Paris.

Learn about the biggest storylines from park men's and women's surfing in the three years since the Tokyo Olympics. Find out which surfers could be competing for gold at the 2024 Paris Games.

Find out how athletes qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in wrestling.

France's public administration minister says the government will offer bonuses to civil servants mobilized to work in Paris during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to avoid strikes.

A panel charged with reviewing the Olympic structure in the U.S. is calling for Congress to consider wide-ranging changes.

Parisians have voted to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park starting next September.

The presidents of Ukrainian and Russian Olympic committees fought together as teammates at the 1992 Barcelona Games and won a gold medal in fencing for the post-Soviet Unified Team.

A Belarusian track coach who tried to force a sprinter to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport’s integrity standards.

Sue Bird just knows how to win.

The German government has confirmed that families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics will receive a total of 28 million euros (dollars) in compensation.

The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the German government have reached a deal over the long-disputed amount of compensation.

Everything we know so far about table tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Everything we know so far about shooting at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Everything we know so far about rowing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Everything we know so far about skateboarding at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Get a look at a sport-by-sport schedules highlighting the most important competitions preceding the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics on NBC and Peacock, as it happened via live updates and video.

Great Britain and Japan will face off Saturday night for the women's curling Olympic gold medal. Here's what to know about how both teams got here, and how to watch the game.

Thomas Krol from the Netherlands won the men's 1000m speed skating event for his first career Olympic gold medal at 29 years old.

Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games while Russian teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the medals after a mistake-filled end to her controversial Olympics.

While her 2022 Winter Olympics are over, Natalie Geisenberger has had an historic Games.

Germany's Francesco Friedrich looks to earn his country a seventh sliding sport gold medal at the 2022 Winter Games.

So athletes from countries where COVID-19 has raged can compete, China's Winter Games workforce is making a giant sacrifice.

See the live medal count for full medal standings and results from the 2022 Winter Olympics, updated in real-time throughout each competition day.

Mikaela Shiffrin took ninth in the super-G Friday in China. Given her first two Olympic races, it was a success. And if you listened closely to her interview afterword, you might pick up the sounds of the best female skier on earth putting herself back together.

Germany has swept the gold medals in luge’s four events at the Beijing Games.

Denmark earned its first-ever victory in a men's Olympic hockey game with a major upset over the Czechs at the 2022 Winter Games.

Results, updates and latest news from Day 5 of competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 9.

Snowboarder Julia Marino and freestyle skier Jaelin Kauf delivered silver medals on Day 2 after the Americans were blanked on Day 1 of the Olympics.

The air went out of the sports world when Mikaela Shiffrin laid it down in Gate 7 Monday in China. With the slalom looming -- her specialty -- there's only one option: Re-focus and move forward.

Brittany Bowe and Ireen Wuest are strong contenders for the gold medal in the women's 1500m speed skating event.

Eric Staal is relishing the opportunity to captain Canada's men's hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics in the women’s 15-kilometer cross-country skiathlon.

An inside look at what Olympians are doing upon their arrival at the Olympics Village for the 2022 Winter Games.

Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys will be representing Team USA in this year's mixed doubles Olympic curling event.

Not only was Johnson one of the greatest American athletes of all-time, but he also played a role in quelling a tragedy in U.S. history.

Natalie Geisenberger has made it official: She’s heading to the Beijing Games and seeking a third consecutive Olympic women’s luge gold medal.

China has accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit after the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns.

Get to know figure skate Vincent Zhou as he pursues his second Olympic berth in 2022.

A brief overview of biathlon's history at the Winter Olympics since the 1960 Squaw Valley Games.

An overview of the competition formats for cross-country skiing at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games.

Learn about what's happened in the sport of skeleton since the 2018 Olympic Games.

Learn about what's happened in the sport of bobsled since the 2018 Olympic Games.

Learn about what's happened in the sport of luge since the PyeongChang Games.

Learn about the equipment used in luge at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah bested her gold-medal winning time in Tokyo at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, and Sha’Carri Richardson finished last in her return to the track after controversy.

The Olympic Games in Tokyo are coming to an end Sunday, but here in Virginia, it is all about the dogs.

Lamont Marcell Jacobs and Bobby Finke won big, while Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic left Tokyo early. These are the best underdog stories from the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Triathlon saw Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt take gold for the men, Bermuda's Flora Duffy win on the women's side. Great Britain proved they were the most complete triathlon team winning the inaugural mixed relay event.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics featured some fierce volleyball competition; the games ultimately concluded with France taking the men's gold, while Team USA took the women's gold.

Every two years, when an Olympics convenes, its organizers harness billions of dollars to make sure the entire affair is tightly, carefully scripted.

Svetlana Romashina wins seventh gold with Russian Olympic Committee in artistic swimming team final.

Only two nations made it to the podium of every debuting sport in Tokyo - USA and Japan