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Summer Olympic Games

Brazil's libero Camila Brait and teammate Rosamaria Montibeller fist bump during a women's volleyball semifinal match against South Korea, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. 

Move over soccer: Brazil’s award-winning volleyball teams compete for Olympic gold

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Brazil may not be top-of-mind as a volleyball powerhouse. But since the 1980s, the men’s and women’s teams have been making waves on the court.

A group of 40 men of all ages wear a mix of white and blue judogis — the traditional judo uniform. Most are black belts.

France loves judo: How the French team won the Olympic gold

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Woman in white fencing gear trains with her coach standing behind her wearing black

‘It never feels routine,’ says Hungarian fencer Aida Mohamed, on her 7th Olympic Games

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In this May 17, 2021, demonstrators protest against the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers run into some of the strongest medical-community opposition so far with the games set to open in just over eight weeks. 

As demand grows to cancel Tokyo Olympics, who has the power to call it off?

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US Runner Nick Symmonds Decries Russian Anti-Gay Laws in Moscow

Conflict & Justice

No Controversy Over LGBT Athletes at World Championships in Russia

Conflict & Justice

Despite the controversy over Russia’s anti-gay propaganda ban ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics, there’s no evidence of it at the Track and Field World Championships being held in Moscow. Host Marco Werman talks with Nicole Nazzaro.

London to shrink Olympic Stadium after games conclude

Global Politics

In the history of Olympic Stadiums there have been booms and busts. Atlanta’s Olympic Stadium became the home of the Atlanta Braves, but the Montreal Olympic stadium is widely regarded as a white elephant. London’s hoping to be more like Atlanta, and they’re reducing the size of the stadium by one-fourth to help that.

Olympic sports include a diverse history that may surprise you

Arts, Culture & Media

From croquet to speedboating, from tandem bicycling to painting, yes painting, the Olympic sports you’re familiar with haven’t always been part of the program. And some you may never have guessed once handed out gold medals.

Remembering the Atlanta Olympics in the Wake of Boston Marathon Bombing

Sports

An international sports event, attended by thousands of athletes and many more thousands of fans, all ripped apart by a bomb: the footage from yesterday’s Boston Marathon was eerily reminiscent of the bombing at the Atlanta Olympic Games. On July 27, 1996, a bomb ripped through Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, in the midst of the […]

Women Boxing in 2012 Olympics

Boxing has been a staple of the summer Olympics since 1904. But for the first time ever, women will step into the ring and compete for the gold in this year’s London games. And the lead-up to the main event promises to be just as intense: there are 24 contenders but only three spots on […]