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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy: Russian athletes should not be allowed to compete at Olympics
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian athletes should not compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris because it would show that “terror ... World News -
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy decries neutrality in sports at time of war
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the idea of neutrality in sports at a time when his country’s athletes fight and die in war, while ... World News -
Two officials at 2020 Tokyo Olympics sponsor arrested in widening bribery probe
Japanese prosecutors arrested two officials at a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as part of a widening bribery investigation that media said ... World News -
Saudi Arabia announces bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games
Saudi Arabia’s Olympic committee has announced a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games in the planned megacity of NEOM, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) ... Gulf -
Paris 2024 Olympics faces soaring costs as Macron seeks to boost security
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are two years away, but concerns over rising costs and the event’s security are already mounting.The total price tag of ... Life -
Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into UK as a child
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the UK as a young boy and forced to care for other children before he escaped a ... Sports -
Olympics: Russia, Belarus athletes may face Paris 2024 ban, says IOC's Reedie
Athletes from Russia and Belarus may not be allowed to compete at the Paris 2024 Games over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, senior International Olympic ... World News -
Beijing’s Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment
A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior. A new Chinese champion — from California. An ace American skier who faltered and went ... World News -
Beijing Olympics get political with Taiwan, Uyghur questions
For two weeks and more, China’s stance on questions about its politics and policies has been straightforward: It’s the Olympics, and we’re not talking ... World News -
Explainer: The drug behind Russian Olympic athlete Valieva’s doping case
Kamila Valieva was back on the Olympic ice at the Beijing Games for the individual competition Tuesday, skating into the lead hours after details of ... Sports -
Blinken says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come ‘any time’, even during Olympics
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said Russia is amassing yet more troops on Ukraine's border, and warned an invasion could come “any ... World News -
Beijing says COVID-19 situation ‘controllable,’ ‘safe’
Beijing reported three new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as officials said the virus situation was under control with the Olympic Games set to open ... Coronavirus -
Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster
Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other people arriving in China for the Beijing Olympics, ... Coronavirus -
From Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China’s crackdowns defy critics
From the deadly crushing of Beijing’s 1989 pro-democracy protests to the suppression of Hong Kong’s opposition four decades later, China’s Communist ... World News -
US announces diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China
“We want the [US] private sector to be fully cognizant ... with what is transpiring in Xinjiang,” Price said. World News -
US high jumper to get 2012 Olympic gold from Russian doper
American high jumper Erik Kynard will finally get his gold medal from the 2012 London Olympics after the IOC on Friday approved reallocating some ... World News -
Two foreign athletes test positive for COVID-19 in run-up to Beijing Winter Olympics
Two foreign athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 during test events for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, Huang Chun, an official of the Games ... World News -
Beijing begins offering COVID-19 booster shots ahead of Winter Olympics
China’s capital Beijing has begun offering booster shots against COVID-19, four months before the city and surrounding regions are to host the Winter ... Coronavirus -
Afghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been described as a harrowing journey from Kabul to Paris, to ... World News -
‘Hamedi was robbed of a gold medal’: Karate league offers Saudi full-contact rematch
Full-contact league Karate Combat has offered Saudi fighter Tarek Hamedi a rematch against Iranian Sajad Ganjzadeh after the latter took home an ... Gulf -
US ratings for Tokyo Olympics slide to half of London games
US viewership for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, a competition clouded by the COVID-19 pandemic, dropped to about half the audience for the London ... Television & Radio -
Japan’s PM Suga thanks people for safe Olympics during COVID-19 pandemic
Japan’s prime minister thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.He noted ... Coronavirus -
Saudi Olympic champion Hamedi greeted with surprise celebration in Jeddah airport
Saudi Arabian Olympic champion and Karate player Tarek Hamedi was welcomed with a grand celebration at Jeddah airport following his silver medal win ... Gulf -
Mixed bag: Erratic pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end
It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything.For the ... World News -
Saudi Sports Minister says Olympic champion Hamedi will be awarded $1.3 mln
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Sports and President of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki al-Faisal announced that karate ... Life -
Egyptian athlete wins country’s second gold since 1948 in women’s karate final
Egypt’s Feryal Abdelaziz won the country’s second Olympic gold medal since 1948 when she bested her Azerbaijanian opponent in the women’s over-61kg ... Middle East -
Saudi karateka wins Kingdom’s second-ever silver after knocking out opponent
Saudi Arabian karateka Tarek Hamedi will bring home a silver Olympic medal after being disqualified from the men’s over-75kg final when he threw a ... Gulf -
Tokyo logs record 5,042 cases as COVID-19 infections surge amid Olympics
Tokyo reported 5,042 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, its most since the pandemic began as infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the ... Coronavirus -
Simone Biles returns to win Olympic bronze after dropping out over mental health
Simone Biles stuck the landing. The American gymnastics superstar won bronze during the balance beam final on Tuesday, a week after she took herself ... World News -
New Zealand’s Hubbard makes history as first transgender Olympian, but exits early
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard made history on Monday by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games, but she suffered ... World News