TOKYO (Reuters) - At 79, Tadamasa Fukiura has never lost his boyhood love of flags. But now the man in charge of supplying more than 10,000 of them for Tokyo's 2020 Olympics has a flag obsession of a ...

Eddy Alvarez, the American baseball player and former speed skater who won an Olympic medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, joins women's basketball player Sue Bird, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, as ...

Syria’s flag bearers Hend Zaza (L) and Ahmad Saber Hamcho lead their delegation as they parade during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23 ...

Japan's Naomi Osaka carries the Olympic torch towards the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic flame burns after the lighting of the Olympic ...

The Olympic Games have officially begun. On Friday, the Opening Ceremony kicked off the 2020 Tokyo Games in style, with dazzling fireworks displays, jaw-dropping performances and breathtaking costumes ...

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The 16th Summer Paralympics kicked off in Tokyo Tuesday as athletes from 162 national and refugee teams—two short of the record number set at London 2012—gathered to formally start the Games, marking ...

The flag of Afghanistan will be used as a symbol of “solidarity and peace” as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games kicks off on Tuesday night in Japan. The 16th Summer Paralympics – delayed by a year due ...

Paris is taking over the Olympic torch. As the 2020 Games drew to a close Sunday in Tokyo, the French capital is already prepared for the 2024 Summer Olympics with hopes for a more normal competition.