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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›
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PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN PARALYMPIAN MUGGED AT GUNPOINT IN RIO
That advice is particularly important before the Paralympic Games period, she said... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 1,000 U.S. SPIES PROTECTING RIO OLYMPICS
U.S. intelligence cooperation with Brazil has been excellent since 9 11, a senior intelligence official said, adding, We consider the Brazilians to be well-prepared and highly professional... READ MORE›
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 YEARS TO CLOSE THE WORKPLACE EQUALITY GAP. HERE'S WHY IT'S GETTING WORSE.
It may take women around the world more than two centuries to achieve workplace equality, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum... 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›
PROTESTERS IN BRAZIL HALT OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY AND EXTINGUISH ITS FLAME
Many in Brazil and around the world have raised questions about the hosting of expensive sports tournaments in countries with depressed economies and widespread poverty... 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›
RIO BRINGS ITS SAMBA STYLE TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
In an interview on the 2016 Rio Olympics website, Meirelles talked about how his ambitions were forced to shrink along with the vanishing budget... READ MORE›
AID GROUPS AIM TO PUT MENTAL HEALTH ON WORLD AGENDA
Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... READ MORE›
TOKYO ELECTS YURIKO KOIKE AS ITS FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR
Ms. Koike entered politics in 1992 after a career as a television news anchor... READ MORE›
'THIS IS A SHAME!' FILTHY WATERS RAISE IRE AHEAD OF RIO OLYMPICS
Decaying remains, fetid sewage and floating garbage in Rio de Janeiro's waterways are fuelling worries about water safety ahead of the Olympics... READ MORE›
THE OLYMPIC SISTERHOOD IS THE PERFECT REMEDY TO THE SHITSHOW OF SEXISM AROUND RIO
The Olympic Sisterhood Is the Perfect Remedy to the Shitshow of Sexism Around Rio 2016... READ MORE›
FINANCIAL CALAMITY DECLARED IN RIO WEEKS BEFORE OLYMPICS, BUT GAMES WILL GO ON
On Friday morning, Rio state Finance Minister Julio Bueno said that if the state were a company, it would enter into judicial recovery... 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›
WHY IS INDIA SO BAD AT GETTING MEDALS?
Olympic losers Why is India so bad at getting medals?... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS
If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... 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›
BRAZIL'S RIO STATE SEEKS EMERGENCY FUNDING AHEAD OF OLYMPICS
The state's declaration will have no negative impact on the games, Rio 2016 organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada said, according to the state-run news outlet Agencia Brasil... READ MORE›
RIO 2016: SAUDI RUNNER AIMS TO BREAK BARRIERS
Marathoner Sarah Attar has inspired other women in Saudi Arabia to take up running as a serious sport... 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›
'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›
RIO OLYMPICS: BRAZIL WEIGHS JIHADI THREATS
Brazil's intelligence agency said it was reviewing all threats against the Rio 2016 Games after a jihadi messaging channel called for its followers to target the Olympics... READ MORE›
'TOTAL CON JOB': OLYMPICS YET TO WIN OVER RESIDENTS OF HOST CITY
An existing course was flanked by a slum and a river of raw sewage... 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›
BROTHER OF BRUSSELS SUICIDE BOMBER SET FOR RIO OLYMPICS
Older brother Najim, 24, was one of two suicide bombers who blew himself up at Brussels Airport on March 22... READ MORE›
SUICIDE RATE IS HIGHEST IN EUROPE
Almost 800,000 deaths by suicide occurred in 2015, according to World Health Statistics, a publication from the World Health Organization WHO ... 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›