SYDNEY – Running through 91 percent humidity and unusually warm early-spring heat, Japan’s Naoko Takahashi ran the race of her life yesterday over a hilly, difficult course and won the Olympic ...

The athletics events at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, held from September 22nd to October 1st, 2000, showcased a blend of spectacular achievements and unforgettable moments at the Olympic Stadium ...

SYDNEY, Oct. 1 -- Gezahgne Abera won the last gold medal of the Sydney Games and Ethiopia's first in the men's marathon since the great Abebe Bikila claimed his second straight in 1964. Abera ...

SYDNEY, Sept. 24 -- Naoko Takahashi, a small woman with a big smile, ran the fastest Olympic marathon ever by a female Sunday and then had enough energy remaining to jog around Stadium Australia ...

While the long-term impact of the Sydney Olympics has been debated at length, we can at least still enjoy our memories of the Games 20 years on, writes Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds.