The Olympics bring countries together through sport. You watch top athletes compete for medals and expect fairness along with unity. History shows a different story though. Personal gain, political ...

The Indianapolis Colts next matchup is a home contest against the Atlanta Falcons. While billed as a home game, the Colts will be far from home as they head to Germany. This is the first contest in ...

Explore the controversy surrounding Israeli gymnasts and their visa denial for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship in ...

Jesse Owens is best remembered as the sprinter and long jumper who won four gold medals at the politically charged 1936 Berlin Olympics. And yet his greatest day as an athlete was May 25, 1935, when ...

In recent days, my social media is full of photos from one year ago, when I was at the Paris Olympics. The pictures create pleasant memories of an event that was spectacularly run, mostly glitch-free ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 3, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 3, 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Berlin has formally presented its bid to rehost the Olympics in the same stadium where Jesse Owens starred during the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin sports minister Iris Spranger on ...