Katie Ledecky, Andy Murray and Lisa Carrington are a few of the athletes vying for a third straight gold medal at the Tokyo ...

Japanese fans soaked up the atmosphere on Saturday's opening day of the world athletics championships in Tokyo, four years after being shut out of the same stadium for the pandemic-troubled Olympics.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's National Stadium was fan-less four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics; zero atmosphere in the $1.4 billion, 60,000-seat venue for the globe's greatest track and ...

Tokyo is the most gender-equal Olympics in the games' history, organizers said. At the first modern Olympic Games, held in 1896 in Athens, there wasn't a single female competitor. When the 2020 Games ...

If you’re an athletics fan, time to perfect your “work from home” excuses as the World Championships begin in Tokyo tomorrow. If you live west of Japan, that spells disrupted sleep patterns and ...

Olympic champions Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet react after the victory ceremony for the women's 5000m during the Paris 2024 Olympics. [AFP] It is that time again for athletics fans to follow ...

Tokyo will host the World Championships in 2025, the World Athletics Council has announced. Japan’s capital held a delayed Olympics last year behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. The ...