Summer Olympics

Eddy Alvarez is back home from Tokyo after a couple of whirlwind weeks representing Team USA — both as a co-flag bearer in the opening ceremony, alongside basketball star Sue Bird, and as a silver medal-winning baseball player.

After Simone Biles pulled out of the team and individual all-around competitions, athletes have been showing her support. Irish golfer Rory McIlroy praised her and Naomi Osaka for prioritizing their mental health.

After a year-long delay, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics kicked off Friday with an opening ceremony in a nearly-empty stadium reflecting a Games like no other and walking a fine line between celebrating the feats of the world’s best athletes while acknowledging the global hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Performers interconnected with a red string during the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony had many meanings, one tied to a children’s game and another about interconnectivity. Ayako Kiyono and Masa Hattori from InsideJapan explain the red string in Japanese culture.

Naomi Osaka’s first match in nearly two months will come against 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China in the opening round of the Olympic tennis tournament.

The Boston Celtics’ long, uneven season came to an end with this week’s Game 5 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. But there’s another basketball season on the horizon — the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The question is whether any Celtics will be on that team. Two years ago, four Celtics — Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Jayson Tatum and Kemba Walker —…

With the coronavirus pandemic changing the way we do things across the world, we should expect some changes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the summer of 2021. Athletes share their thoughts on what they think the Summer Games could look like.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba wants to be a game-changer at the Olympics with its cloud computing and other services. Alibaba is perhaps best known globally as an online retail platform. But Alibaba chief marketing officer Chris Tung has detailed plans to change how broadcasters, fans and organizers experience the Olympics.

Olympic athletes have been told which protests will not be allowed at the 2020 Tokyo Games. That means no taking a knee and no political hand gestures. The IOC Athletes’ Commission has published a three-page guidance document after consulting with competitors. Athletes wanted clarity about how a long-standing ban on political protests in venues would apply in practice. Political opinions...

The countdown for the Tokyo Olympics has hit 365 days. To mark the year-to-go mark, the gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals are to be unveiled Wednesday as part of daylong ceremonies around the Japanese capital. Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics showcased bullet trains, futuristic designs and a new expressway, underlining Japan’s recovery following World War II. Those games were the first...

The 2016 Rio Games were already marred by trails of corruption, and billions of public money spent and several useless white-elephant venues spread around the city. Things got worse Tuesday when police raided the home of Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman, questioning him over his role in what French and Brazilian authorities say was a vote-buying scheme to land...

Japan began its three-year countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday with concerts, races and other events meant to drum up public enthusiasm for the games. The 2020 Games will be Japan’s first summer Olympics since the 1964 edition in Tokyo. After a rocky start, organizers are gearing up to get the public more involved. A 15-day, 1,000-kilometer (about...

With the oldest checking in at 61, these tough sportsmen and women prove that there’s no wrong time to dream big.