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All for nothing: Athletes qualify but end out of Olympics

As one of the top-ranked taekwondo fighters in the world, Jess Tortosa was ready to start packing for the Tokyo Olympics.

Investigators reveal work to weed out pre-Olympics cheating

Eight Olympic qualifying performances in track and field were wiped out because of suspicions of cheating and the athletes were denied entry to the Tokyo Games, investigators said Thursday

Olympics: Spain held to 0-0 by Egypt with 6 players from Euro 2020

Starting with six players who rushed from the European Championship to the Olympics, Spain was held to a 0-0 draw by Egypt on Thursday in the team's opening match of the men's soccer tournament.

Mexico opens Olympics with 4-1 victory over France in soccer

Alexis Vega scored the first of four second-half goals for Mexico in a 4-1 victory over France on Thursday in the men's Olympic soccer tournament.

Japan opens Olympic men's soccer with 1-0 win over South Africa

An empty stadium is not how Japanese athletes imagined competing for the first time in Tokyo at their home Olympics.

US women's soccer regroups after stunning loss to Sweden

While it certainly wasn't the Olympic start the U.S. women's soccer team had anticipated, a rare loss didn't skewer the squad's hopes for gold.

Olympics: IOC to include athletes kneeling in highlights, social media

After images of Olympic soccer players taking a knee were excluded from official highlight reels and social media channels, the IOC said Thursday that kneeling protests will be shown in the future.

EXPLAINER: What's the history of the Olympics protest rule?

The simple act of taking a knee felt like something more monumental when it happened on Olympic soccer pitches in Japan on the opening night of action

Tokyo new coronavirus cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open

Thursday's 1,979 new cases are the highest since 2,044 were recorded on Jan. 15.

Global markets follow Wall St higher for second day as virus fears recede

Global stock markets followed Wall Street higher Thursday for a second day as optimism about an economic recovery appeared to outweigh concern over rising coronavirus cases and inflation.

Tokyo 2020: Olympic Games boast equal gender participation for first time

Grace Luczak had left competitive rowing and taken a job in the private sector when a move toward gender equity at the Tokyo Games lured her back into a boat

Australia's Olympic chief, leader in spat after Brisbane gets 2032 nod

Australia's highest-ranking Olympic official and current premier of state of Queensland where the 2032 Summer Games will be held have put an early test to old adage that sports and politics don't mix

Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony director fired for a Holocaust joke

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998

Mexico: $300 million in Israeli spyware spending included kickbacks

Mexico's top anti-money laundering investigator has said that officials from previous administrations from 2012 to 2018 spent about $300 million in government money to purchase spyware from NSO Group

4 journalists at shut Hong Kong paper Apple Daily charged with collusion

Hong Kong police charged 2 top editors and editorial writers at Apple Daily with collusion weeks after city's largest pro-democracy newspaper was forced to cease publication and its assets were frozen

Joe Biden says getting vaccinated 'gigantically important' for Americans

President Joe Biden has expressed pointed frustration over the slowing Covid-19 vaccination rate in the US and pleaded that it's 'gigantically important' for Americans to get inoculated

Tokyo coronavirus cases at 6-month high ahead of Olympic Games

Tokyo is currently under its fourth state of emergency

Sweden stuns US 3-0 in women's soccer at Tokyo Olympics

Stina Blackstenius scored a pair of goals and Sweden once again stunned the United States at the Olympics with a 3-0 victory Wednesday in the women's soccer tournament.

Opening of Tokyo Games will be 'a moment of joy and relief': IOC president

The opening of Tokyo 2020 will be a moment of joy and relief, said the head of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday.

Top-ranked shooter Amber Hill tests positive, will miss Tokyo Olympics

Top-ranked shooter Amber Hill has tested positive for COVID-19 at home in Britain and will miss the Tokyo Olympics.