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SOUTH KOREA BUSING IN SEAT-FILLERS TO AVOID OLYMPIC EMBARRASSMENT
Two by two, the students from Injae Bupyeong Elementary School walk toward Gangneung Olympic Park, a trail of 60 smiles, 60 hands clutching Wonka-esque golden tickets... READ MORE›
CHINA SENDS BIGGEST DELEGATION TO WINTER OLYMPICS
Analysts noted that Seoul still needs to show more sincerity to China's national interests to fix Sino-South Korean ties to the level before THAAD's deployment... READ MORE›
2,500 ANTI-DOPING TESTS TO BE TAKEN DURING PYEONGCHANG GAMES
A total of 2,500 urine and blood tests are planned during the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, confirmed the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA here on Thursday... READ MORE›
HOW GLOBAL WARMING THREATENS FUTURE WINTER OLYMPICS
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea's Pyeongchang are set to officially begin with Friday's opening ceremony... READ MORE›
IVANKA TRUMP TO LEAD US DELEGATION IN CLOSING CEREMONY
Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence will be attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Feb. 5, as part of his six-day trip to Asia... READ MORE›
50 MILES FROM NORTH KOREA, PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS COULD EASE TENSIONS
The Olympics introduced this new South Korea to the world and now, 30 years later, the Olympics are returning... READ MORE›
'THERE WILL BE GAMES IN PYEONGCHANG OR THERE WILL BE NO GAMES,' CANADA'S DICK POUND SAYS
The 2018 Winter Olympics will happen despite the U.S. equivocation, the Russia ban and military tension in the area, believes one International Olympic Committee member... READ MORE›
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COMEBACK QUEEN SALLY PEARSON WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD
Updated August 13, 2017 09 08 32 Sally Pearson has capped an extraordinary comeback from injury by winning gold in the 100m hurdles at the world athletics championships in London... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN HACKERS LEAK SIMONE BILES AND SERENA WILLIAMS FILES
The World Anti-Doping Agency Wada has condemned Russian hackers for leaking confidential medical files of star US Olympic athletes... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S TOP OLYMPIC OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN RIO OVER TICKETS SALES
Irishman Patrick Hickey, who heads the European Olympic Committees, has been arrested in Rio over the alleged illegal sale of tickets, Brazilian police confirm... READ MORE›
NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN GYMNASTS POSE FOR OLYMPIC SELFIE
North and South Korea gymnasts at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have shown the world a brief moment of unity, in the form of a selfie... READ MORE›
ENTRUSTED TO SAVE BRAZIL THE PARTY THAT RUINED RIO
This is everything that we did not want happening at this moment, said Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, a prominent member of Mr. Temer's party... READ MORE›
PARIS 2024 BID 'ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED' WITH IOC EVALUATION COMMISSION REPORT
The IOC members will vote for the host city of the 2024 Olympic Games during the 131st IOC Session on September 13 in Lima, Peru... READ MORE›
BUDAPEST CONSIDERS DROPPING 2024 OLYMPICS BID
Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos said earlier on Friday that, if a referendum was called, he would seriously consider a proposal to withdraw the bid... READ MORE›
'LAX' DOPING CONTROLS
Triple jumper Tosin Oke outlines his frustrations as an athlete battling the Nigerian and international federations that govern the sport... READ MORE›
RIO OFFICIALS WARN INDIA YOUR DELEGATION IS PUSHY AND RUDE
The International Olympic Committee suspended the Indian Olympic Association for violations of its charter in 2012 because it had elected leaders with pending criminal charges... READ MORE›
BEYOND OLYMPIC GLOW A VICIOUS DRUG WAR RAGES IN RIO
But across town, far from the Olympic excitement, the crackling of gun battles echoed through the colossal favelas that envelop Rio de Janeiro's hillsides... READ MORE›
US SWIMMER RYAN LOCHTE AND THREE OTHERS ROBBED
Gold medal-winning swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others were robbed in Rio on Saturday night, the US Olympic Committee confirms... READ MORE›
BELGIAN PARALYMPIAN 'NOT READY' FOR EUTHANASIA
The wheelchair racer, who won a silver medal on Saturday in the 400m, said she signed euthanasia papers in 2008... READ MORE›
'NO TO THE GAMES OF CONCRETE'
Rome is set to drop its bid to host the Olympic Games in 2024, after its anti-establishment mayor said it would be irresponsible to be a candidate... READ MORE›
AUSSIE TRACK STAR PERKINS TO RIDE FOR RUSSIA
I've spoken to Cycling Australia's High Performance Program and staff and they have been supportive... READ MORE›
WIGGINS AND FROOME MEDICAL RECORDS RELEASED BY 'RUSSIAN HACKERS'
The athletes include British cyclists Sir Bradley Wiggins, who won a gold medal in Rio, and Chris Froome, the three-time Tour de France champion... READ MORE›
THE OLYMPICS ARE A TEST THAT BRAZIL HAS YET TO PASS
Problems with security, facilities and transportation have challenged the Rio Games... READ MORE›
LAURA TROTT AND JASON KENNY EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD TOGETHERA
Four-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny is pregnant, her agent has confirmed... READ MORE›
'AT THE END OF THE STREET, YOU SEE TOTAL MISERY'
Costa's problem inflation, a major consequence of the country's crippling recession and one many locals feel the Olympics has exacerbated... READ MORE›
MCLAREN REPORT PROVES SPORT GOVERNING BODIES 'USELESS AS A CHOCOLATE TEAPOT'
From the report we see that the World Athletics Championships in Moscow in 2013 are tainted by dastardly Russian doping... READ MORE›
'WE REALLY HOPE TO LEARN A LOT FROM CANADA'
She seems even more confused when I ask her about the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, to be hosted in South Korea a year from now... READ MORE›
THE QUIET VOICES SAYING 'NO' TO PARIS'S OLYMPIC BID
When the mayor was elected, she was opposed to holding the Olympic Games in Paris, he said... READ MORE›
'PEOPLE LEAVE, ESPECIALLY TO GET FOOD'
The 2012 Paralympic Games in London nearly sold out, but ticket sales for Brazil have been especially weak, with nearly 90 per cent of tickets still available... READ MORE›
RIO 2016 OFFICIALS APOLOGIZE TO CHINA FOR USING WRONG FLAG
Incorrect Chinese flags are flanked by an American flag during a medal ceremony for the 10m air rifle competition... READ MORE›
FRENCH LANGUAGE WATCHDOG 'DISAPPROVES' OF PARIS' ENGLISH-LANGUAGE OLYMPIC SLOGAN
Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest are vying to host the 2024 Olympics with a decision to be made by the IOC in Lima on September 13... READ MORE›
US PARALYMPIC TEAM - SHOULD DO BETTER?
The US Paralympics team has never matched the medal haul of their Olympic compatriots... READ MORE›
INEXPENSIVE TICKETS MAKE FOR FAMILY-FRIENDLY CROWDS AT RIO'S PARALYMPICS
Nearly sold-out venues add excitement, change attitudes around Rio Paralympics... READ MORE›
WHAT OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS HAVE DONE FOR RIO
If the Olympic and Paralympic Games are all about inspiration and encouragement, then in Davi Texeira they could have a future champion... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES CONFRONT WORLD OF HYPOCRISY, GEOPOLITICAL INTRIGUE & FIG LEAVES
But that fig leaf was largely absent in Rio... READ MORE›
TOKYO OLYMPICS PRICE TAG COULD BALLOON TO $30B
The panel of outside experts was appointed earlier this month by newly elected Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike... READ MORE›
PARIS AND L.A. OFFERED OLYMPICS AFTER IOC MOVES TO AVERT CRISIS
Los Angeles re-entered the race after the U.S.'s previous games candidate Boston pulled out following public opposition... READ MORE›