Recovery from a concussion could take up to 28 days, longer than the previous estimate of 14 days, a new study of 34,709 male and female athletes shows.

Gender stereotypes and a dearth of female coaches are among the biggest reasons that girls quit or don't participate in sports, poll results indicate.

The Tokyo Summer Olympics won't have crowds of fans cheering the athletes on because of the COVID-19 pandemic. How will that affect athletes performance?

A new method that uses blood droplets can detect athletes who have taken performance-enhancing drugs. Researchers say it might be tested at the Olympics.

For some Olympic athletes, the temptation to dope is high. An expert sheds light on the different performance-enhancing drugs used by athletic cheaters.

Depending on the sport, some Olympic athletes could eat whatever food they wanted for breakfast and perform fine. Others, not so much.

A mathematician's analysis indicates that full stadiums for sporting events aren't yet safe unless a vaccine or COVID test is required.

A mathematician's analysis indicates that full stadiums for sporting events aren't yet safe unless a vaccine or COVID test is required.

As experts point to team sports as a driver of COVID youth cases, 1 in 4 parents give their sports leagues low marks for enforcing safety guidelines.

News coverage of women's sports isn't as overtly sexist as in years past, but it's still less plentiful and less entertaining than that of men's athletics, research finds.