Runners do something utterly natural but they do it in a way that strikes us as superhuman.

The Algerian athlete isn’t transgender, but anti-LGBTQ extremists never let the truth get in the way of their twisted crusade.

Algeria’s Imane Khelif beat Italian boxer Angela Carini, sparking a transphobic uproar among Republicans.

An interesting turn of events

As the city prepares for the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics two years later, longtime residents are being forced out.

Beijing’s artificial-snow Winter Olympics have drawn attention to what powder enthusiasts from Aspen to Sapporo have known for years: Winter is dying.

International sports’ most heralded competition is stuck on a trajectory that will force the games into the arms of corrupt nations.

Simone Biles joined three fellow athletes in offering harrowing testimony of the abuse they faced at the hands of the convicted U.S. Olympic team doctor.

None of the gymnast’s suddenly frothing critics actually care about gymnastics or the Olympics. They’re just outrage junkies desperate for a fix.

They’ve long been a financial boondoggle that ruins lives and enriches the corporate class. This year, they might also spread a deadly Covid variant among a largely unvaccinated population.

How the Asian American athletes making history at the Olympics are being co-opted by pro-immigration voices

What the Pyeongchang Olympics tell us about political theater in the era of Trump and Kim

The 1988 Summer Games set the template for the “neurotic” model of economic development that has plagued Rio and other Olympic cities.

The International Olympic Committee and its American media partners have failed miserably to bring the Games to where young people live.

Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 8: Modern pentathlon.