HAMURA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara performed the first 'torch kiss' handover of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay on Saturday during a rehearsal on the outskirts ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organizers on Saturday unveiled the uniforms to be worn by 10,000 volunteer runners during the torch relay and presented further details about the route the relay will ...

Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin made up the American squad Team USA has won gold in the men's 4x400m relay! On Saturday at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, Michael Cherry, ...

During the 4×400 relay at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium on Saturday night, Sydney McLaughlin, who set a world record in the 400-m hurdles earlier this week, took the lead in the first lap. She handed the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will not run through the streets of Osaka prefecture next week because of rising COVID-19 cases. The move is a setback for Tokyo organizers, who began the ...

The traditional prelude to the Olympics, the torch relay, will look – and sound – a bit different this year, as spectators are asked to avoid crowds and dampen their cheers when the torch passes by ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY/AP) — Chesapeake Olympian Michael Cherry and his American teammates won gold in the 4×400 meter relay at the Tokyo Olympics. There were no bad exchanges this time as the U.S. men ...

Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble could imperil the the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over four months. The organizers ...

Allyson Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu made up the women's 4x400m relay final team Allyson Felix chased down her 11th Olympic medal in the women's 4x400m relay — now becoming ...

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay began in Olympia, Greece, on Thursday at the traditional Olympic Flame lighting ceremony, held with limited attendance due to coronavirus concerns. “We are especially ...

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Richard Kilty, CJ Ujah and Zharnel Hughes of Team GB celebrate winning the silver medal in the Men's 4 x 100m relay at Tokyo 2020.Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images Great ...

The team had a first-round baton drop at the 2008 Olympics, a first-round illegal handoff at 2009 Worlds, a fall in the final at 2011 Worlds, a retroactive anti-doping medal strip at the 2012 Olympics ...