International Swimming Federation said it was deeply concerned about impact of Russian invasion on aquatics community and Ukraine.
34 athletes from Ukraine sent an open letter to Olympic and Paralympic leaders, urging them to immediately suspend the Russian and Belarusian Committees.
Concerns about youth doping were amplified at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games following the news that Kamila Valieva had tested positive for the banned...
The 20-year-old Sadowski Synnot is an Australian-born shredder with an American mother and a Kiwi father. They moved to Wanaka, on New Zealand's South Island...
The build-up to Beijing Winter Olympics has turned the idea of 'making it to the Games' into as much of a logistical and sometimes moral conundrum as a...
China doesn't recognise the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile. The Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 opens Friday.
The Beijing Winter Games open on Friday, just six months after Tokyo closed. They'll be followed by the Summer Olympics in 2024 in Paris.
Citizen Lab, an Internet watchdog group, said in its report the MY2022 app has seriously flawed encryption that would make users' sensitive data — and any...
Andrew Jennings' books, including 'The Lords of The Rings' published in 1992 and 'Foul!' in 2005, proved to be essential texts to better understand the...
In September, the International Olympic Committee suspended North Korea through 2022 for refusing to send a team to the Tokyo Summer Games, citing the pandemic.
The decision comes as a major setback for the ICC who had already started working for cricket's inclusion at the Los Angeles Olympics. Cricket's only...
Canada became the latest country to join the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to be...
The IOC's two video calls are the only reported contacts Peng Shuai has had with people outside China since Nov. 2 when she sent a social media post alleging...
Peng Shuai was out of public view after accusing former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli of a sexual assault in a November 2 social media post. However, Peng Shuai...
A three-time Olympian, Peng Shuai accused Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault on social media in China, which was immediately taken down on its heavily censored...
Erik Kynard's leap of 2.33 meters was placed second in the 2012 London Olympics behind Ivan Ukhov, who was proven years later to have taken part in the Russian...
Earlier on Monday, activist groups disrupted the flame lighting ceremony in southern Greece The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will run from February 4-20.
An election is held at every edition of the Olympic Games, with four members chosen at each Summer Games, and two at each Winter Games.
FIFA revealed its detailed plan last month to redraft the calendar of international competitions with biennial World Cups for men and women at the heart.
There has been widespread criticism of Beijing's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, as well as its crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong and its policies toward Tibet...
IOC expressed dissatisfaction with the work done by the AIBA to address concerns related to its governance, finances and the refereeing and judging system.
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The request comes in an open letter from rights groups representing minorities in China, including Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kong residents and others
Under Rogge's watch, the IOC took the Olympics to new countries and continents — awarding the first Summer Games to South America (Rio de Janeiro in 2016)
The International Olympic Committee voted in the new powers amid prolonged issues with the leadership of weightlifting and boxing.
IOC made the announcement after USA's Simone Biles dropped out of the competition due to problems dealing with psychological pressure to perform.