Olympics

Lawyers for a Georgia newspaper are demanding the makers of the upcoming film 'Richard Jewell' place a disclaimer on it due to an allegedly false portrayal of the paper and a reporter who worked there.

On Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that they have handed a four-year Olympic and World Cup ban after the agency discovered that the country had manipulated drug-testing data earlier this year.

WADA's four-year ban means Russia won't be able to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics or at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Jarred Rome represented the U.S. at the Olympics in 2004 and 2012 and was found unresponsive in his hotel room after complaining of feeling unwell.

Cyberattacks, spanning 16 organizations in three continents, began Sept. 16 after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced its consideration of a ban on Russian athletes from all major sporting events, including the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 World Cup.

Monica Aksamit, a 29-year-old Olympian from New Jersey, has started a GoFundMe to send her to the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

A plan was announced on Wednesday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the marathon and race-walking events at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo due to concerns of extreme heat.

Osaka, who was raised in the U.S. by her Japanese mother and Haitian father, announced her decision on Tuesday ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The World Anti-Doping Agency have given Russia three weeks to respond to doping test "inconsistencies" or face a possible Olympics ban.

"Racism, gun control, mistreatment of immigrants and a president who spreads hate are at the top of a long list" of America's shortcoming, Imboden tweeted after taking the knee at the Pan American Games in Peru.

A former figure skater claims his former coach been sexually assaulting him in 1999, and that it developed into a full sexual relationship for more than a decade.

Michael Phelps retired from competitive swimming following the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

"It is unacceptable, shameful and counterproductive that the media and some members of Congress have spun up falsehoods and fully misrepresented the facts," DeVos wrote in a statement on Wednesday.

The popularity of the Asia-Pacific region is set to explode, experts say.

The push for peace between the two countries is gathering steam.

Former boxing champ and Olympic medalist Jermain Taylor was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly putting a knife to his live-in girlfriend's neck and threatening to kill her before knocking her unconscious, according to an arrest report obtained by Newsweek.

He was also being courted by a U.S. outfit.

The fourth annual instalment of Russia's attempt at an Olympic-style event for the military will be hosted over seven countries and two continents.

Olympian Cullen Jones said he's started teaching swimming lessons to children of color as a way to reduce child swimming deaths and to erase the stereotype that "Black people don't swim."

The roving prayer center is a 25-ton truck that has been modified to have a 515-square-foot interior.

Grigory Rodchenkov lifted the lid on Russia's state-sponsored doping program, before fleeing into the FBI Witness Protection Program in the U.S.

The Olympian did not let World War II, or motherhood, stop her from achieving her goals and won four gold medals.

Russia and the U.K. are locked in a bitter diplomatic row over chemical weapon attack on a former spy.

NBC is providing over 250 hours of coverage.

Ivanka Trump reportedly asked South Korean President Moon Jae-in to introduce her to EXO and CL.

The former general has questioned the role of the first daughter.

"They go to the central Politburo party's events, and have to sleep with people there, even if they don't want to."

"She has the appropriate access to brief the president" of South Korea, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said of Ivanka Trump.

North Korea said the U.S. was trying to sabotage rare inter-Korean peace talks by deploying deadly drones capable of assassinating high-profile targets.

Kim Yo Jong and her delegation's bill about $223,237 for accommodations, transportation and food for three days.