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Damaged bits of furniture on the sidewalks everywhere? Check. Moving trucks double parked in the bike lane? Check. Looks like it’s another hectic moving season, and I’m next. After four years in this hot, cramped apartment, there’s nothing I’d rather do right now than just kick back in my new place, which finally has central air, a dishwasher and...

Team USA defeated Japan to win a bronze in the men’s team foil competition.

Team USA fencers donned pink facemasks on Friday in support of sexual assault victims after one of their teammates was accused of sexual misconduct. The New York Times and USA Today reported that Alen Hadzic of Montclair, New Jersey, an alternate in the epee fencing team, was accused of sexual impropriety by at least three women. He was initially suspended…

Team USA came in fourth in women’s team foil, missing out on the bronze medal after losing to Italy 45-23.

U.S. fencer Lee Kiefer talks about the future of fencing on Team USA and her preparation for the next event on her schedule.

American fencer Lee Kiefer made Olympics history on Sunday after winning a gold medal in women’s foil. Lee is the first American to ever win gold in foil.

Lee Kiefer won the first gold medal in United States history in individual foil fencing on Sunday. Kiefer defeated Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee 15-13 in the gold medal final for the win. Kiefer never trailed during the match, beating the gold medal winner from 2016. Kiefer is the third American gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympics. Kiefer…

Eli Dershwitz has gold medal aspirations in Tokyo, and his twin sister, Sally, will be cheering him on from Massachusetts.

Fencer Andrew Mackiewicz of Westwood, Massachusetts, is making his Olympic debut in Tokyo.

Team USA’s top fencer, Eli Dershwitz, is headed to the Olympics ranked No. 2 in the world, and he’s hoping to return from Tokyo with some silverware.

Join athlete Peter Westbrook as he discusses his journey to becoming a professional fencer and how he uses his skills for good.

Team USA has four men’s sabre fencers — half of them from Massachusetts! The pair of Bay State swordsmen have built a healthy rivalry over about 12 years.

Though he does not remember his first Olympic experience, Alexander Massialas has been a part of the Olympic community his whole life after his dad introduced him to the games.

Winning an Olympic medal can be a long, arduous, sometimes solitary battle. But most any Olympian will admit that it wouldn’t mean nearly as much if they didn’t have teammates to do it with, and for.

The latest deadly breach of the Capitol’s perimeter on Friday could delay the gradual reopening of the building’s grounds to the public just as lawmakers were eyeing a return to more normal security measures after the Jan. 6 riot

A former Harvard University fencing coach as been arrested for allegedly conspiring with a Maryland businessman to secure admission to the school for the businessman’s two sons. Peter Brand, 67, of Cambridge, is accused of accepting more than $1.5 million in bribes from Jie “Jack” Zhao, 61, who has also been arrested. Both are changed with conspiracy to commit federal…

A massive pro-democracy rally Saturday in downtown Hong Kong ended early after violence broke out, with police firing tear gas and a water cannon after protesters threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at government buildings. Police said in a statement that “radical protesters” lobbed gasoline bombs and damaged property outside the government offices, and aimed laser beams at a helicopter, posing...

Russia will become a force in the medals table at next year’s Tokyo Olympics despite its current doping problems, the country’s sports minister said Wednesday. Russia won just 19 gold medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, its lowest count since Soviet days. It was fourth in the medals table behind the United States, Britain and China.

With exactly one year to go until the Tokyo Olympics open, organizers marked the day by unveiling the gold, silver, and bronze medals that will symbolize the 2020 Games. Thousands of politicians, sponsors, and fans jammed a massive exhibition hall in central Tokyo on Wednesday, piling on speeches, musical interludes, and dancing performances to celebrate the one-year mark. Japanese Prime...

Harvard University has fired a fencing coach over the sale of his home for nearly double its assessed value to a wealthy businessman whose teenage son was later admitted to the school and joined the team. Athletic Director Bob Scalise said in an emailed statement Tuesday that head fencing coach Peter Brand has been fired for violating Harvard’s conflict-of-interest...