The Polish national basketball team has advanced by as many as 12 positions in the FIBA ranking and is currently 13th in the world and 9th in Europe.more

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry says he expects to play for the United States at next year's Tokyo Olympics, telling ESPN: "That is the plan, for sure."more

A smiling panda and a walking Chinese lantern will be the mascots for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing.more

Mark Cavendish says he is still interested in racing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as he prepares to return to the track at Six Day London in October.more

Six silver medals and one bronze won Polish national team in the world championships held in Hungarian Szeged. more

The Tokyo Olympic organizers are offering high-end hospitality packages to Japan residents with prices soaring to 6.35 million yen - about $60,000. more

With the Tokyo Olympics less than a year away, speculation is growing in Japan over who will be the final torchbearer to light the cauldron in the new Olympic Stadium, in the traditional ritual that begins every Games.more

In more than twenty Japanese cities, the 2020 Olympic Games will be broadcast live in fan zones - the organizers announced.more

Saitama and its friendship city Minami-Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, launched a demonstration of an air-conditioning system using snow on Sunday.more

A heat wave that reportedly killed at least 11 people and sent thousands more to hospitals in Japan last week has renewed concerns about conditions during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics next summer.more

Olympic snowboarding slopestyle silver medallist Max Parrot of Canada has said he has beaten cancer and intends to return to competition at an X Games event in Norway in August. more

Hundreds of thousands of employees in Tokyo will work from home for two weeks as part of a trial of measures designed to reduce congestion during next year's Olympics.more

The last time that Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games is now 55 years ago, but the next time is just 365 days away as the Japanese capital commemorates one year to go to the 2020 Games opening ceremony.more

Retired superstar Floyd Mayweather has been named "special advisor" to China's boxing team as they look to improve their medal count at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese Boxing Federation said.more

A cart-like robot scuttles across the field to bring back javelins and discuses. A towering screen-on-wheels is designed for "virtual" attendance. The cute ones are, naturally, the likeness of the Olympic and Paralympic mascots.more

A cart-like robot scuttles across the field to bring back javelins and discuses. A towering screen-on-wheels is designed for "virtual" attendance. The cute ones are, naturally, the likeness of the Olympic and Paralympic mascots.more

We're just over a year away from the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and hundreds of American athletes are competing for a chance to go. One such competitor, Jessica Springsteen, is well-known for another reason: she's Bruce Springsteen's daughter. more

The organizers of the next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo admitted that they were surprised by the demand for tickets among Japanese fans. For this reason, the next stage of sales is planned for August, in which several hundred thousand tickets will be available for purchase.more

The best volleyball player of the last World Cup Bartosz Kurek will not appear in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Gdańsk.more

Breakdancing and three other sports have taken another step towards appearing at the Paris 2024 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in favor of their inclusion.more

A 56-year-old Ni Xia Lian of Luxembourg will play in the Olympic table tennis tournament in Tokyo. more

The PSG star wants to play at the Olympic Games despite never having been capped at under-21 level and the 2020 Euros ending just 10 days before Tokyo starts.more

The authorities of Paris presented yesterday a list of 20 projects that they want to implement in connection with the organization of the summer Olympic Games in 2024. These included the ban on the use of plastic, the construction of bicycle paths and the purification of the Seine.more

Northern Italy was chosen Monday as the site of the 2026 Winter Olympics, with hosting to be shared by Milan and the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo.more

The Polish city of Krakow has been confirmed as the host of the 2023 European Games. It was the only bidder after a Russian plan to hold the games in Kazan fizzled out.more