OPENING CEREMONY

Next summer Paris, France hosts the Olympic Games as fans return to celebrate the world’s greatest athletes as they compete during the most magnificent spectacle in all of sports.

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

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

Norway has broken the record for most gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games with 15.

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The United States is first in the Olympic team event, but there's plenty of figure skating to go.

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Russia is still banned from competing in the Olympics, but its athletes are not.

Elana Meyers Taylor is auctioning off her Team USA jacket and donating the proceeds to the National Down Syndrome Society.

Two Malaysian athletes qualified for alpine skiing events as the country makes its second consecutive appearance at the Winter Olympics.

The 2022 Winter Olympics fittingly took flight from The Bird's Nest early Friday when the Olympic Cauldron was lit at the Opening Ceremony in Beijing.

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

Team USA athletes of the 2022 Winter Olympics react to the Opening Ceremony. Whether it’s their first or fifth Olympics, they're ready to make their mark.

Pita Taufatofua will instead focus on helping Tonga recover from a tsunami that devastated the island nation in January.

Live updates from the first night of the figure skating team event, featuring Nathan Chen, at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Details on how to watch and stream the 2022 Winter Olympics on NBC, Peacock, cable networks and the NBC Sports app.

The NBC Olympics VR by Xfinity app is now available to download from the Oculus Quest 2 app store. Over the course of the 2022 Winter Games, U.S. users can enjoy 150 hours of immersive 8K coverage.

The team was cleared from quarantine after U.S. pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested positive, but three members will continue to remain isolated.

The What's the Buzz crew share their favorite parts of the Summer Olympics.

It was the portion of the Opening Ceremony that many were talking about, and no, it wasn’t the lighting of the torch.

In today’s episode of The Podium, Roker banters with his friend and Today partner Craig Melvin as they reflect on magical Olympic Opening Ceremony memories from Atlanta, Beijing and other Games. They also discuss the heightened appeal and excitement delivered by live sports “in an era where so much is on demand.”

Shortsop Ali Aguilar of the U.S. softball team discusses her journey to becoming an Olympian, team bus concerts, and empty cafeterias.

The second largest American team in Olympic history makes its memorable walk at the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The festivities of the Opening Ceremony took a brief pause, as athletes and officials observed a moment of silence in remembrance of both the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and those killed during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

IOC President Thomas Bach reflected on the pandemic in his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and offered words of hope, saying that the feeling of togetherness at the Olympics "is the light at the end of the dark tunnel."

Vanuatu's Riilio Rii joinedTonga's Pita Taufatofua in walking oiled up and shirtless at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Games.

NBC is offering streams of the Tokyo Olympics.

The Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was a feast for the eyes and ears as athletes from more than 200 delegations took the field.

Pita Taufatofua led Tonga as a flagbearer during the Parade of Nations for the Tokyo Olympics.

Here's why countries may have appeared to be entering out of order during the Parade of Nations at the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez led Team USA during the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

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The Opening Ceremony will be held on July 23, at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Bird was chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA athletes.

Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez will be the flag bearers for the United States during the Opening Ceremony.

The Podium podcast from NBC Olympics dives into the pageantry and spectacle that is the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.

The Tokyo Games are almost here. We look back at 25 Olympic memories during the 25-day leadup.

French author Emmanuel Carrere, popular for his non-fiction books written in a high literary vein, has been granted this year’s Princess of Asturias Literature Award.

Britain inflation rate has more than doubled in April as energy prices soared and clothing retailers hiked prices as the coronavirus lockdown was eased.

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2004, file photo, the Olympic Rings are shown in flames in a pool of water during the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)When the Olympics returned to Athens in 2004, they also returned to antiquity. They finished in central Athens at the Panathenian Stadium, the marble venue used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the inaugural 1896 Games. Irina Korzhanenko of Russia became the first woman to win a gold medal at the ancient site that birthed the Olympics. The gold medal instead went to Argentina, a team led by Manu Ginobili.