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BEIJING TO SET NEW EXAMPLE FOR SUSTAINABLE OLYMPICS
Photo from official website of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee... READ MORE›
UNITED STATES DENY NEW MUM KENNY FAIRYTALE RETURN
I only returned to training around four months back, said four-time Olympic gold medallist Kenny who gave birth to son Albie just six months ago... READ MORE›
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN MADE THE WRONG CALL AT RIO AND IT PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED HIS WORLD VIEW
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Elliotte Friedman was covering swimming events for CBC... READ MORE›
IOC PRESIDENT RAISES RUSSIA'S HOPE FOR OLYMPIC REDEMPTION
Korean alphabet offers ghana, nigeria, sa early entrance at winter olympics... READ MORE›
AI TO ADD FLAVOR TO CHINESE ELEMENTS IN PYEONGCHANG WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES CLOSING SHOW
Zhang said the AI technology will collaborate with human actors in the show Eight minutes of Beijing which will be staged during the closing ceremony... READ MORE›
IOC BANS ATHLETES FROM FLYING RUSSIAN FLAG AT PYEONGCHANG CLOSING CEREMONY
Russians have been competing as neutral athletes at the Pyeongchang Games, having had their Olympic status suspended as punishment for state-sponsored doping at Sochi 2014... READ MORE›
RUSSIA BARRED FROM FLYING FLAG AT GAMES CLOSING CEREMONY
The IOC said two Russian doping violations during the Pyeongchang Games had marred an otherwise clean report card for the Russian delegation at the Games... READ MORE›
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›
IVANKA TRUMP COULD DISCUSS U.S.-NORTH KOREA TALKS DURING SEOUL VISIT
Yonhap News Agency based in Seoul, South Korea, reported that North Korea's denuclearization would be a topic of discussion during Ivanka's visit... READ MORE›
TOPLESS TONGAN SET TO SKI BUT NOT DRESSED FOR SUCCESS
The 34-year-old Taufatofua said his real long-term goal is to inspire others from the South Pacific to give the Olympics a shot... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA WILL PAY NORTH KOREA'S 2018 PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS BILLS
South Korea approved a measure Wednesday that would foot the bills for North Korea's participation in the Winter Olympics... READ MORE›
KIM JONG-UN IMPERSONATOR MEETS NORTH KOREAN CHEERLEADERS AT OLYMPICS
Kim Jong-Un's impersonator returned to the Winter Olympics Wednesday, meeting the North Korean cheerleaders during a hockey game... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP JR CRITICIZES ADAM RIPPON'S 'OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE NOT ABOUT PENCE' COMMENT
Adam Rippon made no secret of the fact he was against everything President Trump's administration stands for, including Mike Pence's anti-LGBT views... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PM GIVES GO-AHEAD FOR ALTERNATIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO WINTER OLYMPICS
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to hold alternative championships for the Russian athletes who were not invited to the Pyeongchang Winter... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SKATER SUSPENDED IN 1ST DOPING CASE IN PYEONGCHANG
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea AP -- Japanese short-track speedskater Kei Saito has tested positive for a banned diuretic in the first doping case of the Pyeongchang Olympics... 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›
IOC BOSS TO VISIT NORTH KOREA AFTER WINTER OLYMPICS
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will visit North Korea after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as part of an agreement between the IOC... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA'S CHEERLEADERS HAVE NOTHING ON CHANNEL SEVEN'S COVERAGE
Being so disappointed an Australian did not win a Winter Olympics gold medal said much about the brilliant talent of Britteny Cox... 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›
KOREANS' MARCH A 'MESSAGE OF PEACE'
Though biting winds were blowing over the northeastern mountain region, the atmosphere at the roofless Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on Friday night was intense and vibrant... READ MORE›
OLYMPICS TIME DIFFERENCE AND LACK OF NHL PLAYERS HAVE BARS EXPECTING STRUGGLE
The time difference between Olympics host Pyeongchang and many Canadian cities will mean the puck drops for some hockey games as early as 2 40 a.m... READ MORE›
AHEAD OF OLYMPICS, IRAN AND SOUTH KOREA SPAR OVER SAMSUNG PHONES AND SANCTIONS
Ahead of Olympics, Iran and South Korea spar over Samsung phones and sanctions... 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›
BEING GB'S 'BEST HOPE' DESPITE BROKEN BONES
Britain's best hope for a medal at the Winter Olympics, Katie Ormerod, says her riding is the best it's ever been ... READ MORE›
CAN'T WAIT FOR CURLING? COMCAST HAS OLYMPICS PLAYLIST FOR YOU
Comcast Corp. wants to do for TV what Pandora and Spotify did for music... READ MORE›
WINTER OLYMPICS HIT BY VIRUS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES
Organisers of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea insist everything is on track for Friday's opening ceremony despite a virus spreading among workers that... 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›
RUSSIAN TEENS IN OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING SHOWDOWN
The 15-year-old Russian travels to South Korea as European champion, a title she earned at the expense of two-time world and European champion Evgenia Medvedeva... READ MORE›
SPRINTER ZHANG AIMING TO SWITCH TO SKELETON MODE
Today, I officially joined the Chinese skeleton team preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang revealed on Weibo on Wednesday... READ MORE›
HOW A LONDON, ONT., ZAMBONI DRIVER MADE HIS WAY TO THE OLYMPICS
Johnston is one of two Zamboni drivers from Canada and one of eight from North America who will keep the ice smooth at the Olympics... READ MORE›
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FIRST HIJAB-WEARING BARBIE BASED ON IBTIHAJ MUHAMMAD
Barbie will release its first hijab-wearing character in 2018, a doll based on the Olympian fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad... READ MORE›
OBAMA URGES UK TO STAY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
If you look at the number that have been killed by gun violence, it's in the tens of thousands, Mr Obama said... READ MORE›
U.S.A. VS. JAPAN: WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL 2015
It is the third time the United States has won the Women's World Cup and the first since 1999... 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›
GARY BETTMAN SAYS CALGARY NEEDS NEW ARENA FOR OLYMPICS (BUT IOC DISAGREES)
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has reiterated that he doesn't feel there's a path forward for a new arena in Calgary anytime soon... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA SAYS FAILURE TO CHANGE GUN LAWS HIS 'BIGGEST FRUSTRATION'
Mr Obama also used the interview to call on Britain to remain in the European Union... READ MORE›
BEIJING TO SHOWCASE NEW SHOW AT WINTER OLYMPICS
Zhang Yimou, who was also behind the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, will again direct the eight-minute show ... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA SAYS BRITAIN MUST STAY IN EU
Mr Obama said his biggest frustration was the failure to pass "common-sense gun safety laws" in the United States "even in the face of repeated mass killings"... 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›
2024 OLYMPICS: HAMBURG SAYS 'NO' TO HOSTING GAMES
German Olympics officials had picked Hamburg as their preferred candidate city ahead of Berlin... READ MORE›
DOCTOR WINS COSTS FROM VICTIM'S SON
A court in Germany proposed Mr Gray pay 75 of the case's legal costs and asked him to write to the doctor... READ MORE›
OLYMPIC CHAMP SIMONE BILES SAYS SHE WAS ABUSED BY DOCTOR
Simone Biles watched as her friends and former Olympic teammates came forward to detail abuse at the hands of a now-imprisoned former USA Gymnastics team doctor... READ MORE›
EUROPE BACKS IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL IN SIGNAL TO U.S. CONGRESS
The European Union will retain its ban on the supply of ballistic missile technology and sanctions related to human rights, EU diplomats said... READ MORE›
FILE IS SAID TO CONFIRM NSA SPIED ON MERKEL
That could support claims in the German news media that Britain eavesdropped on a fellow European Union member and passed the information to the United States... READ MORE›
WHY IS INDIA SO BAD AT GETTING MEDALS?
Olympic losers Why is India so bad at getting medals?... 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›
'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›
KENYA'S 'SNOW LEOPARD' AIMING FOR OLYMPIC GLORY
Sabrina Simader is the first Kenyan woman to compete in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics... 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›
CALGARY COUNCIL VOTES TO KEEP OLYMPIC BID ALIVE
Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the critical reports were given to councillors on Friday... READ MORE›
BRITAIN NEEDS THE EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT, SENIOR LEGAL FIGURES SAY
Britain needs the european arrest warrant senior legal figures say... READ MORE›
DISCOVERY GAINS EUROPEAN RIGHTS TO 4 OLYMPICS
Discovery paid 1.3 billion euros or about 1.45 billion for the rights to four Olympic Games... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA WARNS BRITAIN TO STAY IN THE EU TO RETAIN ITS INFLUENCE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
Barack Obama has warned that the UK must stay in the European Union to retain its influence on the global stage... 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›
N KOREA 'LIKELY' TO ATTEND WINTER GAMES
In response, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in proposed a meeting with North Korean officials to discuss the subject in detail... READ MORE›
GEORGE OSBORNE: WE SHOULD EMBRACE CHINA, NOT FEAR ITS RISE
We want a golden relationship with China that will help foster a golden decade for this country... READ MORE›
UK LEADER SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR AIRSTRIKES ON ISIL IN SYRIA
Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain needs to take a greater role in destroying the Islamic State group in Syria... READ MORE›
NATIONAL STADIUM ARCHITECTS RETURN FIRE, SAY DESIGN NOT BEHIND HIGH COSTS
National stadium architects return fire say design not behind high costs... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS THE EUROPEAN UNION IS STRONGER WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM
Barack Obama urged the United Kingdom to stay with the European Union during an interview with the BBC on Thursday... READ MORE›
AUSTRIAN ATHLETES MOWN DOWN BY BUS AT EUROPEAN GAMES
Footage has emerged of the horrific moment a bus driver ploughed into a group of teenage Austrian swimmers attending the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan... READ MORE›