Hungary's Ervin Zador is led from the pool with blood pouring from a cut eye after a water polo match with the Soviet Union descended into chaos at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The Games played out in a volatile time — and thanks to a 17-year-old's letter, they ended on ...

U.S. runners (from left) Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu and Allyson Felix celebrate winning the gold medal in the women's 4x400 meter relay at the Tokyo Olympic Games.David Ramos | Getty Images TOKYO — It wasn't even close. The U.S. women's 4x400 meter relay team won gold, beating the ...

Canada's midfielder Quinn warms up prior to the Tokyo Olympics women's final soccer match between Sweden and Canada on Aug. 6.Tiziana Fabi | AFP via Getty Images Canadian soccer player Quinn has just made Olympic history. The Canadian women's soccer team took home the gold on Friday, beating out Sweden ...

Edith Murway, shown here training at her gym, discovered powerlifting at 91. Now, days away from 100, she holds the Guinness World Record for oldest competitive powerlifter (female).Guinness World Records/Edith Murway Edith Murway will not be among the athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics this year, but she is a ...

Gold medalist Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for men's 87-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling.Aaron Favila | AP Zhan Beleniuk takes his job pretty seriously. He's Ukraine's first Black lawmaker and the first deputy head of the Committee on Youth and Sports in parliament. "The main ...

Nevin Harrison of the U.S. celebrates after winning gold in the women's canoe single 200-meter final during the Olympic Games at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo on Thursday.Luis Acosta | AFP via Getty Images TOKYO — An American teenager has made history at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Nevin Harrison, 19, ...

Great Britain's Charlotte Dujardin rides Gio while competing in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle Final on July 28 at the Tokyo Olympic Games.Julian Finney | Getty Images TOKYO — In equestrian dressage, horses maneuver through complicated, dance-like choreography. The animals pirouette, step high, extend their legs long, and side ...

Australia's defender Clare Polkinghorne (left) fights for the ball with Team USA forward Megan Rapinoe during the women's bronze medal soccer match on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics.Tiziana Fabi | AFP via Getty Images TOKYO — It was not the color medal the U.S. Women's National Soccer team had hoped ...

Ryotaro Mori says he's been bus spotting for 30 years, since he was 12 years old. When he's not working as a commercial photographer, he snaps the buses using a camera with a long zoom lens.Mandalit del Barco | NPR TOKYO — Outside the Tokyo 2020 media press center and ...

The team from the Russian Olympic Committee enters the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. They were prevented from flying the Russian flag because of ongoing doping penalties.Patrick Smith | Getty Images TOKYO — Traditionally, doping at the Olympics has been an uncomfortable companion to the ...