Olympics

The South Sudan men's basketball team had a commendable recent run at the Paris Olympics. The nation of just 13 years had a squad funded in large part by a former Duke basketball player.

Evy Leibfarth of the United States earned a bronze medal in women's canoe slalom. She was sitting in third place with one competitor standing between her and a first first Olympic medal.

Alex Sedrick ran most of the length of the field to give the U.S. women a first Olympic rugby sevens medal with a stunning stoppage-time comeback win over Australia in the bronze-medal match on Tuesday.

Raleigh's Veronica Fraley will throw the discus in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games. She joins a long list of Olympians with North Carolina ties that includes Steph Curry, Bam Adebayo and Anna Cockrell.

Each day the International Olympic Committee holds a press conference to answer a variety of press questions. Today, the spokeswoman for the Beijing Games interjected several times to defend China.

Every four years, around the Winter Olympics, the sport of curling finds some new fans. Not surprisingly, it’s a sport played, primarily, in very cold locations. But curling also has a home right here in the Triangle.

According to data compiled by WUNC, 33 athletes and coaches with connections to the Tar Heel State will be competing at the delayed Summer Olympic games in Tokyo for Team USA.

Johnny Dutch is a man of many talents, passions and identities. He’s the subject of the new documentary film “Run of the Picture,” which traces his…

Johnny Dutch is a man of many talents, passions and identities. He’s the subject of the new documentary film “Run of the Picture,” which traces his…

The Olympics are heralded as an international event rooted in intense competition, national pride and athletic successes. But the Olympic Games can often…