Japan's Olympic and world champion Haruka Kitaguchi disappointed a bumper crowd at the World Athletics Championships on Friday when she failed to qualify for the women's javelin final. The 27-year-old ...

Athletes arriving in Tokyo for next year's Olympic Games, postponed from 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be exempt from the 14-day isolation period Japan has imposed on anyone arriving ...

On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, ...

Athletes competing at next year's Tokyo Olympics will have a shorter than usual stay at the world's biggest multi-sports event due to tight COVID-19 health protocols, the International Olympic ...

Japan celebrates the return of a premier global sporting event to Tokyo with a world medal in a curtain-raising 35km race walk event contested in brutal conditions.

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 ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opened up about her next big goal in track after the conclusion of the World Championships.

Team Netherlands track and field star Lieke Klaver has continued to shine in 2025, adding to her resume since the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she was part of the gold medal team in ...