TOKYO OLYMPICS

The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics has had it first public viewing.

Han Xu feels much more comfortable in her second WNBA stint with the New York Liberty. The 6-foot-10 center from China missed the last two WNBA seasons. Now the 22-year-old Han is back in New York after growing an inch.

University of Michigan junior and gold medalist Jayde Riviere is joining The Mighty Oak.

Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alexander Zverev was fined $40,000 by the men's professional tennis tour and will forfeit more than $30,000 in prize money and all rankings points from the Mexican Open after hitting the chair umpire’s stand with his racket following a loss in doubles. In addition to those penalties, the ATP announced Thursday it would undertake “a further review of the incident.” Zverev was the 2020 U.S. Open runner-up.

Richardson was not allowed to compete in the Summer 2020 Games after a failed drug test, but Valieva can compete after failing a doping test.

Mental health was the breakout star at the Tokyo Olympics.

Officially, the Beijing Olympics are taking place inside what organizers are calling “the enclosed compound activity area.”.

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

It was quite a year in the sports world, was it not?

The British diving star was often seen knitting at the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He sold doggie jumpers for charity; now the purler's going pro with a shop that sells knitting kits.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was out of the lineup against the Detroit Pistons due to a bruised hip, a night after scoring 20 of his 40 points in a fourth-quarter comeback victory at Cleveland.

Not only did Molly Seidel finish the 26.2 miles in Sapporo, Japan, but she earned a bronze medal in just the third marathon of her career.

If you’ve been bumming since Aug. 9., the day after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics wrapped, don’t flip out — or do, just remember to stretch...

The Beijing Winter Olympics open in four months — just six months after the Summer Games wrapped up in Tokyo.

The two coaches were sent packing from the Summer Games after sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya said they tried to force her to leave Japan early.

The International Olympics Committee said only spectators from mainland China who adhere to COVID-19 safety measures will be allowed into the games.

"Covid is a serious thing and when it comes it hits very hard," Madison Wilson said on Instagram.

"Covid is a serious thing and when it comes it hits very hard," Madison Wilson said on Instagram.

The announcement comes two months after U.S. sprinting star Sha'Carri Richardson was disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics for using marijuana after she had learned that her mother had died.

Olympic committee chief says North Korea will also forfeit potentially millions of dollars it was due from previous Games for "violating the Olympic Charter."

The officer "felt so bad" and told Biles that using "training for the Olympics" as an excuse would have worked to get her out of the ticket.

The Tokyo Paralympics have closed to end a saga that began eight years ago when the Japanese capital was named the host city by the International Olympic Committee.

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has criticized the country’s prime minister over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic

American Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin is engaged to former National Football League player Andre Levrone Jr.

One notable member of Team USA's Paralympic delegation is Hunter Woodhall, a sprinter with two medals under his belt. His girlfriend, Tara Davis, competed in the Tokyo Olympics earlier this summer.

The opening featured acrobats, clowns and fireworks to mark the start of the long parade of athletes representing more than 160 nations.

The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk of Poland announced she would sell her medal in the javelin throw to help fund heart surgery for an 8-month-old. A convenience store chain had the winning bid of $125,000.

Maria Andrejczyk, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, raised $125,000 to help a Polish 8-month-old boy fly to the United States for heart surgery.

"Really hurts to see all the devastation that's going on in Haiti, and I feel like we really can't catch a break," said Osaka, whose father is from Haiti.

Japan’s “state of emergency” for curbing surging COVID-19 cases will continue through Sept. 12 rather than ending this month as originally planned.

The Summer Olympics might be over, but these little kids were inspired by the athletes they saw on TV, and they're now ready to compete in future games.

Japan’s daily coronavirus cases have topped 10,000 for more than a week.

Japan’s daily coronavirus cases have topped 10,000 for more than a week.

Olympic officials will replace Japanese athlete's gold medal after mayor bit it

Mattel has issued a statement regarding its alleged lack of an Asian doll in its Tokyo Olympics Barbie collection. First unveiled in February 2020, the collection reflects five sports that debuted at or returned to the Tokyo Games, namely (1) baseball/softball, (2) sport climbing, (3) karate, (4) skateboarding and (5) surfing. A press release from Mattel said that it highlights “inclusivity and innovation.”

FLINT – JaVale McGee didn’t just win a gold medal when the United States men’s basketball beat France 87-82 in the final game of the Tokyo Olympics. McGee joined his mother Pamela as an Olympic basketball gold medalist, marking the first time in history a mother-son duo won gold. “It’s an amazing feeling, man,” JaVale McGee said in an Associated Press story. “I’ve got a gold medal. The 7-foot JaVale McGee, 33, was born in Flint and attended high school at Hales Franciscan in Chicago before playing collegiately at Nevada.

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The Tokyo Olympics glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday night.

The party being held at a Airbnb rental had an estimated 150 to 200 attendees, many between the ages of 16 and 19, police said.

Relive the best moments of rowing at the Tokyo Olympics.

And with that, the strangest Olympic Games on record began closing their books for good. These Games’ runup, and the two weeks of the Games themselves, featured tens of thousands of spit-in-a-vial COVID tests for athletes, staff, journalists and visitors. While Tokyo is handing off the Summer Games baton to Paris for 2024, the delay has effectively crammed two Olympics together. In recent weeks, lots of people — officials, athletes, journalists — have been chewing over how these Tokyo Games will be remembered. What are the Olympic Games supposed to be?

Great Britain's Kate French and Joseph Choong won gold in a stadium that combined all of the aspects of the modern pentathlon,

For the seventh Olympic games in a row, the United States took home more medals than any country. But in the gold-medal race, they just barely edged China.

Catch up on all the biggest records set at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The Tokyo Olympics glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday night.

Beijing will make history as being the first city to host the winter and summer games with the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Beijing Winter Olympics is using some of its existing infrastructure that it built for the 2008 Summer Olympics, according to the Beijing 2022 official Olympics website. But China is also building six new venues for the upcoming Winter Olympics to add to the six existing venues that already exist from the 2008 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has scheduled future Olympic games in cities through 2032. The 2028 Summer Olympics will take place in Los Angeles, California, in the U.S., and the committee just recently announced that the 2032 Summer Olympics will take place in Brisbane.

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.

NPR's team in Tokyo put together our favorite moments of the Games, where participants showed their athleticism, sportsmanship, and what motivated them to compete.

Serbia won its second consecutive water polo gold medal.

Look back at all the taekwondo action from the Tokyo Games.

Relive the best moments from diving at the Tokyo Olympics.

Relive the best moments of soccer at the Tokyo Olympics.

Team USA topped its best medal haul of this century, previously seven in 2000, by claiming nine wrestling medals in Tokyo.

The U.S. women have not lost a game at the Olympics since the 1992 Games in Barcelona, a remarkable stretch of 55 straight victories and seven gold medals.

Bulgaria won the group all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympic Games and it wasn't particularly close.

Kim Raisner violated the rules at the Olympic Games when she lightly punched a reluctant horse that was refusing to ride.

Tijana Boscovic did a little bit of everything Sunday in leading Serbia's women's volleyball team to a never-in-doubt victory over South Korea to claim bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.

Two Chicago police officers were shot in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

There's been a spate of content with incorrect claims around some of the competitors in Tokyo.

Track and field Day 10 includes the men's marathon.

Catch up on all the action from rhythmic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics.

TOKYO (AP) — The second to last day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics produced a gold medal bonanza for the United States. And the American men finally delivered a sprint gold medal in the 4x400-relay, the final track race of the Tokyo Games. The gold medal wasn’t secure until Durant made two free throws with 8.8 seconds left. GOING THE DISTANCESifan Hassan won the 10,000 meters for her second gold and third medal of the Tokyo Olympics after entering three long-distance races. WOMEN’S GOLFNelly Korda gave the U.S. a sweep of gold medals in golf, holding on for a one-shot victory.

Jessica Springsteen, a 29-year-old equestrian rider who brought a famous New Jersey last name to the Tokyo Olympics, is leaving with a legacy all her own. Springsteen won a silver medal as part of Team USA’s equestrian jumping team on Friday morning, joining experienced riders Laura Kraut and McLain Ward to deliver a fourth medal in the past five Olympics for the Americans. But the competition came down to a dramatic “jump off” when Sweden and Team USA were tied after all three rounds. Springsteen’s first appearance in the Olympics has created unprecedented attention for equestrian this week. Once you’ve created that partnership, the horses can read what you are thinking before you even ask them to do it.”

If you have been watching the Tokyo Olympics and noticed Russian athletes competing under the title “ROC,” you may be wondering what those initials stand for. But unlike most athletes at the Olympics, these Russian athletes are not allowed to use their country’s name, flag, or anthem at the games. Instead, they compete under the acronym ROC, or “Russian Olympic Committee.”So how are these Russian athletes allowed to compete even though their country and their nationality is banned? Russia was banned from the 2021 Olympics by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the country’s massive doping scheme. Russian athletes who did not take part in the doping scheme are still allowed to compete in the games, but only as neutrals.

The 22-year-old Linoy Ashram pulled off a stunning upset in a drama-filled final on Saturday.

A slew of Canoe/Kayak medals were awarded Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics, where Germany's men and Hungary's women claimed debut gold in the K-4 500-meter finals at Sea Forest Waterway.

A German coach at the Tokyo Olympics was suspended Saturday after being filmed hitting an uncooperative horse during the women’s modern pentathlon competition. TV footage showed Kim Raisner leaning over a fence to strike the horse Saint Boy, which refused to jump the fences in the show jumping round on Friday. The International Modern Pentathlon Union said it reviewed footage showing Raisner “appearing to strike the horse ... with her fist” and that “her actions were deemed to be in violation of (the rules).”

Cao Yuan won China's seventh gold medal of the Tokyo Games in eight diving events.

The 27-year-old from Wisconsin pulled off an upset and walked away from the grueling race with a bronze medal around her neck. Her first-ever marathon was when she qualified to run in the Olympics.

Setting up what's sure to be a thrilling final in men's 10-meter platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee's Viktor Minibaev earned the top spot in Saturday's semifinals.

From the medal-winning victories to the history-making performances, relive Team USA's most thrilling moments of the Tokyo Olympics.

They too went 3-1 in group play, earning the top spot in Group B. After taking the top spot in Group B, USA heads into their fourth-straight gold medal match. Despite falling to Hungary in group play, the Americans have hardly looked mortal. Like Brazil, they too are looking for their second gold medal in men’s soccer. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GOLD MEDAL GAMEUnited States vs. JapanTIME: 10:30 p.m.WHERE: Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan)CHANNEL: NBCSTREAM: FuboTV (7-day free trial)This is it.

Someone cue up the Olympic theme song stat!

South African equestrian Victoria Scott-Legendre almost did not make it to the Tokyo Olympics, not because of a lack of talent, but a lack of money.

The United States hasn’t hosted any Olympic Games since 2002, when Salt Lake City welcomed the world to the Winter Olympics, but man, there have certainly been some cities that have tried.

The Olympic Games is the field hockey’s biggest stage and a very strong field of national teams brought their best to Tokyo.

NBC is offering streams of the Tokyo Olympics.

FLINT – Grant Fisher will be returning home from the Tokyo Olympics with a lifetime of memories but no medal. The distance runner from Grand Blanc finished ninth Friday in his final event of the 2020 Olympics, the 5,000 meters, after previously finishing fifth in the 10,000 last week. Canada’s Mohammed Ahmed was second in the 5,000 in 12:51.61 and American Paul Chelimo took the bronze in 12:59.05. At Grand Blanc High School, he was a two-time state and national cross country champion who ran just the seventh sub-4:00 mile in U.S. history by a high school runner. MORE:Grant Fisher fifth in Olympics 10,000-meter runGrant Fisher qualifies to run in OlympicsFisher qualifies for second Olympic track eventNo slowing down Grant FisherGrant Fisher cements legacy at Grand BlancFisher becomes 7th high schooler to run sub-4:00 mile

The IOC is investigating a case involving Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya.

The IOC is investigating a case involving Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya.

U.S. track star Allyson Felix surpassed the record after winning bronze on Friday in the 400 meters at the Tokyo Olympics.

Great Britain's Kate French won the modern pentathlon Friday at the Tokyo Olympics.

It's the first gold in the sport for Team USA since 2012.

The U.S. women’s basketball team is headed to its seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal game after beating Serbia 79-59 in the semifinals.

April Ross and Alix Klineman, aka the "A-Team", delivered when it mattered most, winning in straight sets in the gold medal match against Australia. For Ross, it's the third Olympic medal of her career.

Elaine Thompson-Herah completed Bolt-esque sprint triple at the Tokyo Olympics, winning gold with Jamaica on the women's 4x100m relay team.

Fifty-three years after Japan denied Mexico an Olympic bronze medal on home soil in Mexico City, Mexico did the same to Japan in Tokyo.

Allyson Felix and Quanera Hayes have spoken out about the joys of motherhood, and the obstacles that female athletes face that men don't.

Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw ascended the 49-foot speed wall in 6.84 seconds, setting a world record.

British cyclist Laura Kenny earned the sixth medal of her Olympic career Friday in the women's madison.

Nevin Harrison joined On Her Turf to discuss her historic canoe sprint gold.

Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics after being involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country.

NBC is offering streams of the Tokyo Olympics.

She had the long and colorful nails. She wore the flashy outfits, including a neon, one-legged spandex bodysuit. Above all, she had the iconic nickname “Flo-Jo,” which just sounded fast.

Game on the line, chance for gold on the line, and Slovenia's Klemen Prepelic thought he had a layup that would have given Slovenia the win.

World record-holder Ryan Crouser repeated as shot put gold medalist, projecting a mammoth 23.30m final throw to break his previous Games record a third time; Joe Kovacs and New Zealander Tom Walsh were silver and bronze.

Team USA's men got off to a poor start against Australia, but Kevin Durant and company helped flip the script in the second half to lead the U.S. to victory.

United States forward Megan Rapinoe bent her corner kick straight into Australia's goal for an "Olimpico" goal, the second one she's scored in her career in Olympic competition.