From skateboarding to baseball, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics are adding sports that are popular in Japan to the summer games.

An Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for suicide bombings that killed 34 people last month posted a video threatening to strike at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Russian security forces are taking the threat seriously and have established what they call a ring of steel around the ent...

This video is a photography essay remembering Mexico during the 20th Century. From JF Kennedy's visit to the capital; Mexico City to the fall of the Angel of Liberty statue after the 1957 earthquake. From the construction of the Azteca soccer stadium and the Palace of Sports for the 1968 Olympic Gam...

The 2022 Winter Olympics are underway in Beijing. Between now and February 20, we’ll spotlight some of the inspiring LGBTQ athletes vying for gold. Jason Brown has been a staple in the figure skating world for years, but this will be his first Olympics competing as an out gay man. He previously won

Ellia came out as a transgender man in his opening address to the Bingham Cup International Summit on ending transphobia and homophobia in sport on August 16, 2022 in Ottawa. The Bingham Cup is the ‘world cup’ of gay and inclusive rugby, held biennially. Ellia represented Australia playing women’s

105-year-old Julia Hawkins of Louisiana just set a world record at the Louisiana Senior Olympic Games for being the first woman and first American in her age group to run 100 meters. But this achievement is just a drop in the bucket for the centenarian who has lived through two world wars and spent ...

The 2020 Summer Olympics, delayed until 2021, were the "gayest Olympics ever" with over 120 openly out LGBTQ+ athletes. The 2022 Winter Olympics may not be quite that gay, but as of now there are at least 17 openly LGBTQ+ competitors headed to Beijing. From US figure-skater Timothy LeDuc who is the...

We sit down to talk to Gus Kenworthy about recently coming out of the closet. Being the first in action sports to do so. “I was worried that I’d be known as ‘the gay skier’ … and everything else about me would be overlooked,” he explained. “I have a big fan base of young girls, and I didn’t want to

A Tom Daley nude portrait by artist David Hockney has gotten the diver’s seal of approval: Daley stopped by the esteemed Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to check out “82 Portraits and 1 Still-Life,” a new exhibition by the 81-year-old gay artist. Husband Dustin Lance Black snapped an Instag

A MOMENT IN US HISTORY: Feb 22, 1980! Sportscentury's recap of the memorable 1980 Olympic hockey semifinal match between the United States and the Soviet Union.All rights belong to ESPN.