The festivities surrounding the City of Jacksonville’s Christmas tree lighting begin at 5 p.m., and at 5:30, News4JAX will have LIVE coverage from James Weldon Johnson Park, with a special appearance from Olympians like Poe Pinson, Ryan Murphy, and Caeleb Dressel.

Paris Olympics organizers have issued health recommendations, but no restrictions, for dozens of athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 during the Games.

Olympic swimmers spoke out about the Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished.

Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter race to finish in an Olympic-record 26 minutes, 43.14 seconds in front of a roaring crowd on an electric opening night at the track.

The horse welfare scandal that has been the talk of equestrian events at the Paris Olympics is being noticed and highlighted by prominent voices in a related sport.

On the heels of low ratings for the coronavirus pandemic-marred Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, Paris may not do much better among U.S. viewers.

Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics with a few of her friends.

Two former U.S. Olympic gold medalists say they've lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris.

Regan Smith has set a world record in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Indianapolis.

The world’s top anti-doping regulator says after reviewing a documentary and other media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication.

The purple pieces of vulcanized rubber track being produced at a factory in northern Italy will soon be run on by the world’s fastest athletes at the Paris Olympics.

The United States is predicted to top the medals tables — both the overall count and gold-medal count — for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa has been found guilty of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member.

Led by Simone Biles, the U.S. women have won a record seventh consecutive team title at the gymnastics world championships.

Anthony Nesty has made more history with his selection to lead the U.S. men’s swimming team at the Paris Olympics.

The U.S. men's gymnastics program is fighting a war on multiple fronts as it tries to return to relevance.

Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy decided to split gold in the pole vault after finishing in a tie at world championships.

Sharon Lokedi is set to defend her New York City Marathon title in the race Nov. 5 as part of a loaded women’s professional field.

Tony Estanguet won gold medals for canoeing in the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Olympic Games.

American shot put medalist Raven Saunders has been suspended for 18 months for failing to show up for doping tests.

The International Olympic Committee has pushed back against the mayor of Paris by insisting there are no plans for "a Russian or Belarusian delegation” at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging that some athletes from those countries could be welcomed.

A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games have been arrested on bribery suspicions.

Naomi Kawase had more material than she knew what to do with after being commissioned by the International Olympic Committee almost four years ago to make a documentary about the Tokyo Olympics.

The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics has had it first public viewing.

Mental health was the breakout star at the Tokyo Olympics.

Officially, the Beijing Olympics are taking place inside what organizers are calling “the enclosed compound activity area.”.

This year marked somewhat of a return to normalcy in the sports world.

It was quite a year in the sports world, was it not?

The Beijing Winter Olympics open in four months — just six months after the Summer Games wrapped up in Tokyo.

The Tokyo Paralympics have closed to end a saga that began eight years ago when the Japanese capital was named the host city by the International Olympic Committee.

The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan’s government has decided that a coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept. 12 rather than finishing at the end of this month as initially planned.

The Summer Olympics might be over, but these little kids were inspired by the athletes they saw on TV, and they're now ready to compete in future games.

Someone cue up the Olympic theme song stat!

The United States hasn’t hosted any Olympic Games since 2002, when Salt Lake City welcomed the world to the Winter Olympics, but man, there have certainly been some cities that have tried.

Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics after being involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country.

She had the long and colorful nails. She wore the flashy outfits, including a neon, one-legged spandex bodysuit. Above all, she had the iconic nickname “Flo-Jo,” which just sounded fast.

Game on the line, chance for gold on the line, and Slovenia's Klemen Prepelic thought he had a layup that would have given Slovenia the win.

Japan is playing host to the Tokyo Olympics.

It’s one thing to be a new mom: Unpredictable, frazzled, busy; you’re trying to get to know your baby, heal your body and maybe even breastfeed, which can be unfamiliar and challenging, especially at first.

Everybody expected records to fall when the track cycling program began at the Tokyo Olympics, but nobody expected so much speed at the decade-old Izu Velodrome.

Well, that was as fast as Caeleb Dressel swimming the 50-meter freestyle.

Caeleb Dressel and Ryan Murphy sewed up swimming in the Olympics with a bang.

There is no aura of invincibility around this U.S. men’s basketball team.

There are Olympic champions and world champions, Olympic records and world records.

It will nearly impossible for Pita Taufatofua to outlast his original claim to fame as “the shirtless flag bearer,” which made him a legend on social media.

Before there was Simone Biles, there was Nastia Liukin.

For anyone who’s waiting until the Games air in primetime Thursday night: Caution ahead! This article contains spoilers.

Even if you haven’t been watching the Olympic Games like a hawk, you’ve likely heard the biggest news of the week: Gymnast Simone Biles, who is widely regarded as the greatest of all time, withdrew from the women’s team contest after her first rotation on the vault Tuesday, and then pulled out from the individual all-around competition the following day.

Make that two, Caeleb.

World-class athletes from all over the globe are in Tokyo to win medals, but they’re also there to give us behind-the-scenes peeks at the Olympics, in viral TikTok videos.

The Tokyo Olympics are still just getting started, but there already have been a good collection of stories that have pulled at the heartstrings of millions around the world.

Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves.

Japan's capital, Tokyo, has reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections days after the Olympics began.

How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks.

They would have talked about this night in Japan for generations.

Maria Taylor has joined NBC less than a week after her contract with ESPN expired.

Beach Volleyball is one of the most popular events at the summer Olympics, and part of that reason is because of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings.

There is one word that comes to mind when you hear Lisa Leslie’s name: baller.

The U.S. women’s soccer team is undoubtedly one of the best soccer teams on the planet, but long before there was Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd -- there was Mia Hamm.

The rules are different.

Japan’s “rising sun” flag is a focus of anger at the Olympics, with some in the Koreas, China and other Asian nations calling for it to be banned during the Tokyo Games.

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has fired the director of the opening ceremony because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

The Tokyo Olympics are going ahead despite opposition from many quarters inside Japan, and politics are everywhere.

On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony, the government’s attempts to curb a coronavirus surge by targeting drinkers is drowning in liquor, frustration and indifference.

Top-ranked shooter Amber Hill has tested positive for COVID-19 at home in Britain and will miss the Tokyo Olympics.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says the world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics.

Surfing and sexism have a long history.

IOC President Thomas Bach got a mixed reception in his visit to Hiroshima to mark the first day of the so-called Olympic Truce.

WNBA star Liz Cambage has withdrawn from Australia’s Olympic women’s basketball team because of the anxiety she’s been feeling about living and competing inside the restrictive bubble in place for the Tokyo Games.

Novak Djokovic is going to the Tokyo Olympics, keeping alive his chance for a “Golden Slam.”.

An Olympic athlete and a staffer linked to the Tokyo Games have tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Japan.

A person with knowledge of the situation says U.S. Olympic guard Bradley Beal has entered the health and safety protocols related to the coronavirus, which raises the possibility that he might miss the Tokyo Games.

Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus.

A virus state of emergency has begun in Japan’s capital, as the number of new cases is climbing fast and hospital beds are starting to fill just 11 days ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan is famous for running on consensus.

Jayson Tatum was 15 when he made his first USA Basketball national team.

New COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the Tokyo Olympics.

USA Basketball women’s national team director Carol Callan will step down after the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her role as the president of FIBA Americas.

Naomi Osaka was going to be at the center of attention during the Tokyo Olympics no matter what.

Last week, the field of 60 who will compete in the men’s golf competition at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics was announced, and it will be a decorated field with six of the top-10 golfers in the world rankings included.

Experience mattered to USA Basketball when putting together a roster for the Tokyo Olympics.

A “no-spectator" Olympics remains an option according to the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee Seiko Hashimoto.

With the Olympics right around the corner, the final rosters and teams are shaping up, and that includes the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.

We lost a lot last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those things was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The Tokyo Olympics are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes.

Can you believe that one month from today, the Olympic flame will officially be lit to start the Tokyo Olympics?

Louis Oosthuizen and Sergio Garcia are among Olympic qualifiers who aren't going to Tokyo next month.

A limited number of local fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics.

Uganda is tightening its lockdown measures to try and stem a surge in coronavirus infections in the East African country that is seeing an array of variants.

The Japanese public generally opposes holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic, even though outward dissent has seemed muted.

Kaylee McKeown has broken the 100-meter backstroke world record on the second night of the Australian Olympic swim trials.

The last stop for USA Basketball before the Tokyo Olympics will be Las Vegas.

The Olympic Village has traditionally been a fun place to be with thousands of athletes and staff.

When you think of the Summer Olympics, do you think of swimming? Gymnastics? Basketball? Track and field?

Will the Tokyo Olympics open despite rising opposition and the pandemic.

Hobbs Kessler produced one of the greatest runs ever by an American high schooler.

Meet Sky Brown, a skateboarding prodigy who is on the verge of becoming one of the youngest athletes to ever compete at the Summer Olympics.

Leigh Diffey has carved a niche as the voice of speed for NBC Sports.

Japan has approved the use of two new vaccines _ Moderna and AstraZeneca _ hours ahead of an expansion of a state of coronavirus emergency that will cover roughly 40% of the population.