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Australia to Spend $5 bln on Brisbane Olympics Venues

The Australian federal government and the Queensland state government said that they would spend a combined A$7.1...

338 February 20, 2023

Russian athletes cannot be allowed at Olympics, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that allowing Russia to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris would...

426 February 5, 2023

Ukrainian biathlete pulls out of event after father captured by Russian forces

Ukrainian biathlete Anastasiia Laletina was forced to pull out of the middle distance sitting event at the...

905 March 9, 2022

Meet Ukraine Athletes Who Have Joined Ukrainian Military

Less than two weeks ago, Dmytro Pidruchnyi was competing at the Winter Olympics in Ukraine’s national colors....

835 March 3, 2022

Beijing 2022 countermeasures ensure safe Games

The stringent COVID-19 countermeasures, established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee,...

918 February 19, 2022

Speed skating-American Jackson wins gold after stumble in trials

Erin Jackson of the United States won gold in the women’s 500 meters speed skating with an...

871 February 17, 2022

Beijing Games organizer reports 8 new COVID-19 cases on Feb 11

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Saturday that a total of eight new COVID-19...

845 February 12, 2022

Russian skater Valieva failed drug test taken before her golden Games debut

Figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva won a gold medal having earlier failed a drug test and Olympic...

815 February 11, 2022

Alpine skiing-Austria’s Strolz wins men’s combined gold

Austria’s Johannes Strolz completed his incredible comeback from the brink of giving up professional skiing by winning...

745 February 10, 2022

Snowboarding-Jacobellis earns first U.S. gold and long-awaited redemption

Snowboarding-Jacobellis earns first U.S. gold and long-awaited redemption Lindsey Jacobellis claimed the first gold medal for the...

763 February 9, 2022

S.Korea to lodge protest with CAS, IOC over disqualified short track skaters

South Korea said on Tuesday it plans to lodge a protest with the global top court for...

785 February 8, 2022

Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday

Zhangjiakou, China: Therese Johaug won the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, finishing first...

1058 February 5, 2022

Canada and US rivalry heats up Beijing Winter Games

There will be some bad blood at the bobsleigh track where Kaillie Humphries, after winning gold for...

568 February 4, 2022

Tokyo Paralympics: Gordon Reid reaches semi-final as GB win two more bronzes

Defending champion Gordon Reid reached the men’s singles semi-final at the Tokyo Paralympics with a three-set victory...

746 September 1, 2021

Tokyo Paralympics: Sarah Storey becomes Great Britain’s joint most successful Paralympian with 16th gold

Becoming Great Britain’s joint most successful Paralympian of all time was a “dream come true” for Sarah...

724 August 31, 2021

Tokyo Paralympics: Sarah Storey wins 15th Paralympic gold

Sarah Storey put in another world record-breaking performance on her way to claiming her 15th Paralympic title...

1283 August 25, 2021

BMX World Championships: Bethany Shriever takes women’s final to add to Olympic title

Bethany Shriever added a world title to her Olympic crown as the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist won...

800 August 23, 2021

Tokyo Paralympics will have no spectators, as Covid-19 situation in Japan remains serious

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will not have any spectators as the Covid-19 situation in Japan remains serious,...

2261 August 17, 2021