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Sensationalist headlines and the ever-present fear of a phone ping have added to Olympic jitters and clouded sporting anticipation ... ( read original story ...)

Athletes are already testing positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Olympics. Here's what happens when they get that test result ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee said it will continue to monitor cases. Many Japanese ‘in disbelief’ Olympic games still moving forward The chief of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee addressed ... ( read original story ...)

Against great odds, the world's top athletes are about to take the spotlight. Here are some key things to keep an eye out for during the first half of the Summer Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)

Local police are working with the Ugandan embassy on Julius Ssekitoleko's "safe and secure return" home, after the Olympic hopeful weightlifter went missing last week in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The tennis champion reminded the former Fox News host to "do better," according to screenshots of a since-deleted tweet. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s defense minister has confirmed that the U.S. ally will base its Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II Short Take off and Vertical Landing or STOVL fighter jets at the southernmost of Japan’s four ... ( read original story ...)

Host nation expected an economic windfall and global recognition. But amid pandemic, a disgruntled populace just wants it all to go away. ( read original story ...)

Although the opening ceremony is still days away, the action kicks off July 20 in Tokyo with the first Olympic softball games since 2008. ( read original story ...)

A Ugandan weightlifter has been found four days after he disappeared from an Olympic training camp in Japan leaving a note saying he wanted to find work, police said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

The Ugandan weightlifter who went missing from a pre-Olympic training camp in Japan has been found. Julius Ssekitoleko was reported missing from the ... ( read original story ...)

The coronavirus infection rate will be discussed at upcoming talks, according to Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo Olympics' organizing committee. ( read original story ...)

Japan is heading into the Olympics in three days with most volunteers and staff only partially vaccinated, and very few fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. As it turns out, Tokyo is ... ( read original story ...)

Athlete activism is making a comeback at these Olympic Games. When play starts at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday, acts of free expression of the kind athletes were long banned from making at the ... ( read original story ...)

Brian Knutson, the director of food and nutrition services for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, estimates his team will provide 7,000 meals. ( read original story ...)

Podcast host Megyn Kelly and tennis sensation Naomi Osaka got into it on Twitter Monday before, Kelly reported, the athlete simply blocked her. Kelly tweeted criticism of Osaka for appearing on ... ( read original story ...)