Olympic games

A record price of $8.8 million for a sports memorabilia item at auction. A 14-page document written in 1892 by Pierre de Coubertin on his vision for a modern Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee wants to move the Tokyo Games marathons 800 kilometers (500 miles) north to avoid the searing heat in the city.

"My heart decided I would love to play at the Olympic Games again," Roger Federer said during an exhibition event in Tokyo. He would be a five-time Olympian if he keeps healthy.

The International Olympic Committee has formally opened its 145 million Swiss francs new headquarters exactly 125 years after the Olympic Games was revived.

The Vatican launched an official track team with the aim of competing in international competitions as part of an agreement signed with the Italian Olympic Committee.

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. women's national team will host Brazil, Australia and Japan in the Tournament of Nations to be played in three West Coast cities this summer. The round-robin tournament will feature double-headers in Seattle, San Diego and Carson, California, from July 27 to Aug...

Christian Petersen/Getty Images  GENEVA (AP) — Los Angeles and Paris are awaiting their Olympic inspectors this week. Both cities are seen as winning options for the 2024 Games. The cities will host three-day visits by an International Olympic Committee panel, whose chairman has no doubt about their hosting credentials. IOC e...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's acting governor is warning that the Olympic Games could be a "big failure." Francisco Dornelles has said in an interview with O Globo newspaper published on Monday that security and mobility are big worries ahead of the games in August...

Louis Oosthuizen is the latest major champion who says he won't be taking part in golf's return to the Olympics. Oosthuizen says scheduling and family issues led him to inform the South African delegation that he won't be playing in Rio the first full week of August...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Americans set the bar high for the world indoor championships: Bring home a record bounty of medals. They accomplished that with the help of an 18-year-old high jumper whose father was a longtime NFL quarterback and an 800-meter runner who worked at McDonald's to earn extra money for training...