Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability. Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics ...

If you're a fan of dominance -- seeing athletes at the absolute peak of their sport -- then Sunday was a great day. Usain Bolt and Simone Biles, two of the most dominant athletes the Olympics has ever ...

Preparations for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have made "a lot of progress" in the last six months but the schedule "remains tight," the head of the IOC's inspection team said Wednesday. Nawal ...

Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, over 200 national teams have vied for glory at the Summer and Winter Games. In 2016, for the first time, a team of refugees competed as well. At the 2016 ...

Gymnastic stars Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman made their mark as the "Final ...

Four weight classes were in action on Day Three of the Rio 2016 Boxing Competition, with eight crucial bouts deciding the quarter-finalists at Light Flyweight (49kg) and Heavyweight (91kg) as well ...

When Rio de Janeiro bid to host the 2016 Olympics, it cited as a trump card the experience and infrastructure the city had gathered in hosting the 2007 Pan American Games. Opponents, however, pointed ...

Chicago Bulls and Spanish national forward Pau Gasol is considering forgoing the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because of ongoing concerns over Brazil's issues in containing the Zika virus. "It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The model honored her home country by walking in the opening ceremony of the Rio summer games. Vivian is now 13 years old. Like ...

Monica Aksamit won a Bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics with team USA. She says she had to go into debt to fund her dream and destroyed her credit score.

Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability. Gold was mined without the use of ...