Gymnastic stars Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman made their mark as the "Final ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Shaking to samba and sharing reflections in uniquely Brazilian ways, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash that was both revelatory and a sigh of ...

Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability. Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics have seen Norway dominate the medal count throughout the event, and the country’s biggest star Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has now tied an Olympic record. Klaebo secured his 10th ...

If you're a fan of dominance -- seeing athletes at the absolute peak of their sport -- then Sunday was a great day. Usain Bolt and Simone Biles, two of the most dominant athletes the Olympics has ever ...

Behind the bronze, silver and gold curtain of the 2016 Olympics sits the favelas of Rio — neighborhoods stained by poverty, murder and gangs. More than 11,000 supreme athletes from across the world ...

Brazilian soccer great Pele says his poor health will keep him from lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. In a statement on Friday, Pele said: "I'm not physically ...

On Friday 5 August, the Refugee Olympic Team will walk into the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and embark on an inspiring journey as the first refugee team in the history of the modern ...

It was another great day of action at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, as the U.S. gymnasts asserted their dominance one final time before heading home. There was also history made on the track and on the ...

Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, over 200 national teams have vied for glory at the Summer and Winter Games. In 2016, for the first time, a team of refugees competed as well. At the 2016 ...