A young Nigerian woman lands in Montreal, full of excitement and optimism for her first Olympic Games. A Tanzanian track star ...

It may have been a slip of the tongue, or perhaps a bit of miscommunication in a new administration. That’s little consolation to hundreds of potential Olympians around the country. Just to hear ...

Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in the latest sign of deteriorating relations ...

Olympics chiefs have said they are exploring ways to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Paris Games – Copyright AFP/File Fabrice COFFRINI ...

The Beijing Winter Olympics begin one month on Tuesday with diplomatic boycotts, the coronavirus and the fate of Peng Shuai all hanging heavy over the Games. The Chinese capital on February 4-20 will ...

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEXSTAR) — As the world gets ready for the Beijing Games, some may wonder why the International Olympic Committee picked China as the location for the Winter Olympics. Hosting an ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - China's Uyghur Muslim ethnic group, which has a wide presence in Turkey, welcomed a U.S. boycott of the Winter Games in Beijing, and called on other countries to do the same. The ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — A closing ceremony boycotted by Ukraine signaled the end of the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics on Sunday, hours after the U.S. Para ice hockey team won the final gold ...

By Julien Pretot July 7 (Reuters) - Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian face of the Milano Cortina Games after his helmet controversy, called on Tuesday for a coalition of national ...

TARBES, France, March 25 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged China on Tuesday to show responsibility over the unrest in Tibet but refused to rule out a possible boycott of the Beijing ...