Japan’s National Stadium was fanless four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics.

Shakira says that she will resume her world tour and perform in Lima, Peru, Monday evening, following the cancellation of a concert over the weekend due to a stomach illness.

Kylian Mbappé appears ready to make his debut for Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta on Wednesday.

Athletes in plenty of sports compete for plenty of cash.

Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says the Paris Games will be her fifth and final Olympics.

The opening ceremony of Chile’s first Pan American Games was not only a celebration of athletes, Indigenous peoples and poetry, but laid bare the politically divided country’s scars from the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet from 1973 until 1990.

Television crews at the Pan American Games had equipment stolen this week from the compound of the National Stadium, the site of Friday’s opening ceremony, heightening concerns about crime at the tournament hosting over 6,800 athletes.

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay have confirmed a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

War-ravaged Ukraine has received pledges for $6.5 billion more in humanitarian aid at an international donor’s conference in Warsaw.

Hoping to restore at least some normalcy after fleeing the war in Ukraine, thousands of refugees waited in long lines in the Polish capital of Warsaw to receive local identification papers that will allow them to move on with their lives.

Team USA marches into National Stadium, otherwise known as the “Bird’s Nest,” during the Opening Ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Ralph Lauren will once again be outfitting Team USA for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Details on where and when to watch and stream the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics on NBC and Peacock.

This year marked somewhat of a return to normalcy in the sports world.

Tokyo Olympic organizers say the cost of the Games is estimated to be $1.8 billion less than anticipated.

When the Tokyo Olympics began during a rising number of coronavirus cases, the majority of the host nation were in opposition.

Olympic Games are expensive.

Inspired by the sun, the Tokyo Olympic cauldron is designed to be better for the planet.

A member of Uganda’s Olympic team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan, in the first detected infection among arriving athletes for the Tokyo Games opening in five weeks.

Roads are being closed off around Tokyo Olympic venues like the new $1.4 billion National Stadium with the opening ceremony set for July 23.

Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics who come down with minor symptoms of COVID-19 could be isolated in a hotel lined up by local organizers of the games, according to Japan's Kyodo news agency, which cited unnamed officials with “knowledge of the plan.”.

Bach said during this week's trip to Tokyo that he is encouraging all Olympic participants and fans to be vaccinated - if one becomes available - if they are going to attend next year's Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed eight months ago, and now are to open in eight months: July 23, 2021. Hanging in the balance are 11,000 Olympic athletes and 4,400 Paralympians. Tokyo said the Olympics would cost $7.3 billion when it was awarded the games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2013. Takahashi is a former executive of the Japanese marketing company Dentsu Inc., the marketing agent for the Tokyo Games.

(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)LONDON — Ireland’s government is putting the country at its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks in a bid to combat a rise in infections. The board members hail from top California top universities and medical providers, along with state and local public health officials. ___AUSTIN, Texas -- Health officials in Texas have reported 4,319 COVID-19 hospital patients, the most since Aug. 28. Khan’s remarks come amid a slight increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in recent weeks. Pakistan also reported 440 new confirmed cases, raising its total cases to 323,452 since February when Pakistan reported its first case.

He's an International Olympic Committee member, a two-time Olympic champion, and the head of the governing body of track and field, known as World Athletics. “Athletes are a part of the world and they want to reflect the world they live in,” Coe said. Coe is in the Japanese capital on a courtesy visit to Tokyo Olympic organizers. Coe pitched Tokyo as a possible venue for a future track world championships. “We don’t know what will happen in the next few months,” Coe said, speaking about the Olympics.

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2019 file photo, Pope Francis blesses a statue of the Mother Mary as he celebrates Mass at the National Stadium, in Bangkok, Thailand. Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)ROME – Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends. The Catholic Church in Italy has long been associated with the Mafia, thanks in part to their post-war common cause against communism. Marian devotion is particularly important to Francis, history's first pope from Latin America, where displays of such popular piety are common.

TOKYO The Olympic flame is going on display in Tokyo, just a short walk from the new National Stadium where it was supposed to be burning a month ago. The flame was unveiled on Monday at a small ceremony with Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, and Yasuhiro Yamashita, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee. The flame will be on display beginning Tuesday at the new Japan Olympic Museum for at least the next two months. The fate of the Tokyo Olympics remains uncertain. Tokyo organizers say they are officially spending $12.6 billion to hold the Olympics, although a national audit board says its twice that much.

Google Maps(CNN) - Three people have been killed and several injured in clashes between fans of rival soccer clubs in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. The violence broke out inside and near the city's National Stadium ahead of a scheduled match between the Olimpia and Motagua clubs. "Bottles, stones were thrown at us and the players threw themselves on the floor screaming," Diego Vsquez, Motagua coach, told Honduran media. The Honduran National Police said that fans of the rival teams rioted following the attack on the bus. Saturday's clashes were not the first time that violence has broken out between Motagua and Olimpia fans.