KRAKOW, Poland: Authorities in the Polish city of Krakow have said they are pulling out of the race to host the 2022 Winter...
KRAKOW, Poland: Authorities in the Polish city of Krakow have said they are pulling out of the race to host the 2022 Winter...
ATHENS: Brazil will prove the doubters wrong and deliver the 2016 Olympics on time and within budget, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the...
TOKYO: Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, the veteran of two winter Olympic Games, plans to sit out the 2014-2015 competitive season but remains...
BERLIN: The International Olympic Committee has set up a $300,000 fund to assist crisis-affected Ukrainian athletes and called on political leaders to hold...
BERLIN: London has not been approached about the possibility of staging the 2016 Olympics due to delays in Rio de Janeiro. This was...
New York: Minutes after NBC Universal secured a long-term deal yesterday to broadcast the Olympics, the focus shifted firmly on the chances of...
SYDNEY: IOC vice-president John Coates yesterday backtracked on his scathing criticism of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic preparations, insisting the city could deliver an...
NEW YORK: The United States Olympic Committee has not decided whether it will bid for the 2024 Summer Games but said yesterday it...
SEOUL: The powerful vice chairman of the Korean Skating Union (KSU), Jeon Myung-gyu, resigned yesterday as South Korea moved to put a disappointing...
Japanese figure skater Mao Asada arrives for a press conference in TOKYO: Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, who rebounded from a disastrous short...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre), International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (third left) of Germany, former IOC President Jacques Rogge (left) of...
NEW YORK: A season-ending injury suffered by star John Tavares while playing at the Sochi Winter Olympics has New York Islanders general manager...
Australia’s Danielle O’brien (top) and Gregory Merriman compete during the figure skating ice dance free dance programme in Sochi yesterday. SOCHI, Russia: Of...
PARIS: New pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie (pictured), could miss the world indoors championships in Poland next month after injuring an...
SOCHI, Russia: There was no Russian revenge in the “Miracle on ice” rematch yesterday as the United States triumphed 3-2 following a remarkable...
SOCHI: The organisers of Norway’s bid to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics said Oslo’s modestly-priced proposal was the safe choice after a succession...
SOCHI, Russia: Michel Mulder ‘lost’ then won the men’s 500 metres Olympic speed skating title by one hundredth of a second in a...
World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran (second right), who has been elected unopposed as president of IOA, with the representatives of IOC after...
