A 1960 gold medalist in Rome, he overshadowed a young Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay. He was celebrated as much for ...

Claressa Shields has a suggestion for how to end the United States’ Olympic gold drought: put her back on the national team.

after winning medalsin speed skating and sprint cycling in 1988. That won’t be matched as long as the Summer and Winter Games remain staggered, as they have been since 1994. The Olympic mascots ...

A crucial EGM vote was passed in April to join World Boxing, the body that has been provisionally recognised by the ...

Nino Benvenuti, an Italian former boxer who won gold at his home Olympics in 1960 before earning world championship titles in ...