Athletes around the world have waited four years for their shot at the ultimate goal of a medal from the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Decorated athletes like gymnast Simone Biles and swimmer Katie Ledecky ...

The ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 B.C. — -- The Olympic Games that we know and celebrate today stem from events held thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece. The first recorded ...

Members of the Olympic Museum’s heritage acquisitions team fan out during the Games to get donations to put on display in Lausanne, Switzerland. By James Wagner James Wagner reported from several ...

These are the years that Los Angeles hosted – or will host – the Summer Olympic Games. Love it, hate it or still deciding, there’s no denying that the Olympics is a part of L.A.’s history and DNA. Now ...

Award-winning journalist Doug Levy’s debut book, 2025’s Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic Athletes Under the Radar, explores the lesser-known stories of Olympic athletes — particularly the ones that ...

The Olympics bring countries together through sport. You watch top athletes compete for medals and expect fairness along with unity. History shows a different story though. Personal gain, political ...

Not long after the Algerian boxer at the center of a gender misconceptions controversy won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, Donald Trump pounced on the achievement at a rally more than 7,000 miles ...

Just six months after medals were placed around the necks of athletes like Caeleb Dressel, Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, it's time for the Winter Olympians to compete for some shiny, new hardware.