Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, has died.

An antidiscrimination lawsuit on her behalf helped lead to one of the first multiracial track teams in the Midwest.

By Jim McGrath One of the longest running annual sports events in Alexandria athletics was held Feb. 8, and for three of the ...

The complicating part of staging a Winter Games in the Italian Alps? Getting around the Italian Alps, but such hurdles might ...

The World Athletics Heritage Plague awarded to Kenya’s Iten Town on 19 May 2019 finally found its permanent home ...

The whereabouts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch meant to be on display ... the last 15 years — and after a light jog around the track — I’ve asked staff members if they know the ...

Italy has ski resorts in abundance and spectacular mountains but one pressing concern remains rebuilding the century-old sliding center in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The International Olympic Committee ...

GENEVA (AP) — Whether to allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports already was a key debate among Olympic leaders before U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...

Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo are the hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Milan is Italy’s second most populated city and is considered the economic capital of the country. Milan will host multiple ...

Three top Olympic sports — track and field, swimming and cycling — now bar athletes who went through male puberty from competing in women’s international events. The IOC election to replace ...

Seb Coe, another candidate to become IOC president, added that the Winter Olympics could also see new events like cross-country running and ... Olympics - the sliding track used for bobsleigh ...