Olympics

The highest levels of this popular equine sport lead to pro competitions and the Olympics. But the road to get to the top requires a lot of money, patience and luck.

The Olympics are a big deal. The Paralympics are not yet treated as an equal. A new generation of para-athletes is working for change. The media and public needs to join in too.

This competition was initially defined by who wasn't competing. U.S. star Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time and the heavy favorite to win, pulled out to take care of her mental health.

Eddy Alvarez, who plays baseball for the U.S. team, could become just the sixth person ever to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics. He took home a silver medal in Sochi for speed skating.

It's another setback for the troubled event on the same week that the ceremony's composer was forced out. Still, the show will go on tomorrow, officially kicking off the long-postponed Tokyo Games.

This will be Australia's third time hosting the Olympic Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.

Growing alarm about the Tokyo Games resulting in a surge of coronavirus cases has pushed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to announce a new round of emergency measures.

The 21-year-old was left off the U.S. Track & Field Olympic roster, despite her astonishing performance at last month's trials, due to a 30-day suspension following a positive drug test for THC.

The International Swimming Federation said it would reconsider its decision barring the cap from being used in competition, following criticism that the ruling discriminated against Black swimmers.

The demise of the CWHL, and now a player-led boycott of the NWHL, leaves American and Canadian female hockey players wondering what comes next for their…