Golf, sevens rugby and kitesurfing take center stage at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The 2016 Games will hold 28 sports and 38 disciplines in total; golf and sevens rugby were voted into the ...

Widely regarded as the pinnacle of sports, the Olympics provide unforgettable memories for those who win medals.

VR might be worth a shot — if you own a Samsung phone It’s 2016, so of course the Olympics is offering up some virtual reality viewing. NBC and the IOC are pushing out more than 100 hours of ...

10 p.m.: Rio 2016 chief Carlos Arthur Nuzman continues the Olympic spin by saying the rain is coming to celebrate. It looks like it’s actually just making everyone cold. 9:55 p.m.: Tokyo offers ...

Michael Phelps once opened up about his redemption in the 200m butterfly event at the 2016 Olympics. He competed in his final ...

“in most cases the Olympics are a money-losing proposition for host cities,” the economists Robert Baade and Victor Matheson conclude in a 2016 paper. In recent years, many Olympic host cities ...

It’s an Olympic tradition to crown the medalists of the men’s marathon at the Games’ closing ceremonies. Gold winner Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya got a warm reception from the crowd in Rio on ...