Mary Rand, who has died aged 86, became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field – and the first athlete to win gold, silver and bronze at a single Games – when she ...

This Day in History: On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, stunned the world by winning the gold medal in the 10,000 ...

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Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic Volleyball history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In October 1964, Japan became the first Asian nation to host an Olympics, showing off its growing technical prowess and returning to global society not 20 years after a crushing ...

In 1964, America was still reeling from the previous November’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as the country’s youth were mesmerized by “Beatlemania.” Yet something positive of an ...

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In an era when America dominated the event, he was one of the best. He retired after winning gold at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and became a doctor. By Richard Sandomir Dallas Long, a brawny ...