Sports & Competitions

Authorities in Brazil have filed charges accusing U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte of making a false police report and want him in Brazil to respond to them. According to a police statement, Mr. Lochte, who has publicly acknowledged exaggerating his account of the gas-station confrontation, will be informed of the charges in the U.S. and asked

The Rio Games had their highlights, but they were also the most testing for the Olympic movement, and end with only a handful of stars having made their mark – led by Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps. Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – The Rio Olympics closed on a wet and stormy Sunday and will go

RIO DE JANEIRO — American Claressa Shields made history Sunday afternoon, becoming the first U.S. boxer to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals, defeating the Netherland’s Nouchka Fontijn in the women’s middleweight (75 kg). This is gold medal story of survival, escaping from poverty and a difficult childhood, bouncing between 11 homes by the time she

RIO DE JANEIRO — After Kevin Durant hit a 3-pointer early in the second quarter, he walked back down the court while pounding his fist on his chest and yelling at his teammates on the bench nearby. Turns out he was just clearing his throat. It was Durant’s monster second quarter that ended any notion

AKUMAL, Mexico–As luck would have it, my family and I have been watching that feast of American greatness called the Olympics while in vacation here in Mexico. Our routine is pretty simple: we do some combination of hitting the beach, visiting Maya ruins or reading, and then have dinner at our hideaway before huddling in

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a picture-perfect Monday morning at Copacabana Beach, the kind that graces postcards and fills travel brochures. Blue water lapping on the white sand beneath palm trees and a warm cloudless sky. “It is a really nice day,” marveled Haley Anderson of Manhattan Beach, Calif., who decided to celebrate with