The advent of table tennis supposedly dates back to the late 1800s, when the wealthy Victorians in England created an indoor version of lawn tennis using items laying around the house to assemble a ...

Both individual and team competition matches use a best-of-three format. One loss in Olympic tournament format will result in elimination from the tournament, save for in the semifinals when the two ...

With the 2024 Paris Games approaching, Olympic qualifying is now complete and nearly 600 athletes have earned their spots on the U.S. Olympic team. Below is a list of athletes that have qualified to ...

Tokyo 2020 has given us all the magical moments -- upsets, comeback stories, thrilling finishes, and the occasional tear-jerker (or ten). But as the Games come to a close, it's time to direct our ...

Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreira became the first Olympic gold medalist in surfing, overcoming the early adversity of breaking his board on his first wave to defeat Japan's Kanoa Igarashi on Tuesday in ...

It’s been more than a decade wait, but the U.S. women’s national team is back on the No. 1 spot on the Olympic podium after its 1-0 win against Brazil in the gold medal match Saturday at the Parc de ...

Modern pentathlon tests athletes across five separate disciplines. Athletes must swim, fence, ride an unfamiliar horse through a show jumping course — they get just 20 minutes to get acquainted — and ...

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade has won many titles in her career, but never has she won an Olympic gold medal on floor – knocking the 7-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles to second place. Andrade now ...

For the third consecutive Olympics, Ryan Crouser won shot put gold, becoming the first shot putter in history to win three gold medals. In a rain-soaked men’s shot put final, Crouser’s top throw of 22 ...

With her final swim of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky draped herself in one of the most significant gold medals in the history of the Olympics. Ledecky won the women’s 800m freestyle, ...

James, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is the first male basketball player to be a U.S. Opening Ceremony flag bearer. Tennis star Coco Gauff was selected as the female flag bearer for the U.S. “It’s ...

Three-time Olympic medalist Steffen Peters (riding Suppenkasper), will make his sixth Olympic appearance. At age 59, Peters is the oldest U.S. Olympian since 1936 when the U.S. had competitors in the ...