In seeking to host the Summer Olympics, Brazil promised “green games for a blue planet.” It pledged to clean up waterways around future Olympic sites, including a lagoon in front of the ...

South African relay sprinter Bayanda Walaza won silver at the Paris Olympics when he was still in high school, and despite numerous offers from US colleges, opted to study at home. He is not alone.

Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5-kilometer world record with a time of 13 minutes, 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona as she finished a blockbuster year on a high.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu waves after winning a semifinal of the ...

NBC Sports said 2024 was its best year in terms of ratings since 2016. Its success was fueled by the Paris Summer Olympics as ...

Methods We recorded all sports injuries at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics reported by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) medical teams and in the polyclinic and medical venues. Imaging was ...