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IOC assures Ukraine fencer of Paris Games spot after DQ for not shaking hands with Russian opponent

The IOC has assured Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan that she will have a place at the Paris Olympics next year after she was disqualified from a key ranking event for refusing to shake hands with a Russian she had beaten.

Ukraine eases its sports boycott policy to compete against some Russians ahead of Olympics

Ukraine has signaled it will no longer bar its athletes from competing against Russians who are taking part in sporting events as “neutral athletes."

Luxury group LVMH joins top-tier French sponsors of the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics

The world’s biggest luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has announced a sponsorship deal with the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.

Olympic skaters still missing medals 500 days later

On display at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum are nine empty boxes that should be holding medals.

Olympic sports leaders meet amid uncertainty over Russians competing at 2024 Paris Games

Olympic sports bodies are meeting amid ongoing uncertainty about if and how Russian athletes could return to their competitions ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.

IOC details advice to let Russia, Belarus athletes return

Some Russian athletes can soon return to international sports, although their status for the Paris Olympics is still up in the air.

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics

A United Nations rights expert advising the International Olympic Committee says Russian athletes who actively served in the war in Ukraine should be let back into international sport if they didn't take part in war crimes.

IOC's Bach says Olympics on history's side in Russia issue

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says the organisation is not on the wrong side of history by aiming to help Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Games.

Olympic echoes of boycott era as Ukraine vs IOC intensifies

A contest that could define the 2024 Paris Olympics is playing out 18 months before medals are awarded.

IOC president Bach discusses 'challenges' for 2026 Games

Costly construction delays, a leadership vacancy linked to a volatile political climate and a lack of sponsors amid a spreading financial crisis has prompted International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to acknowledge the “challenges” facing organizers of the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

The COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics opened a year ago on July 23, 2021.

Ukraine on her mind as high jumper goes for gold at worlds

It took three days by car for high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh to escape from Ukraine.

Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds

Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm.

Coe: 'Inconceivable' Russians would be allowed at worlds

The leader of global track and field said it would have been “inconceivable” to have allowed Russians into this week’s world championships given the country’s war against Ukraine.

Abe impersonated 'Super Mario' to promote Tokyo Olympics

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the country’s central figure in landing the 2020 Olympics for Tokyo.

Winter Olympics may not include Nordic combined for 1st time

The International Olympic Committee is expected to make a decision next week about whether to allow women to compete in Nordic combined at the 2026 Games.

Bach says Russia ban is to protect athletes, not punish them

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says Russian athletes and officials who have been banned from international sporting events because of the war in Ukraine are being protected rather than punished.

Salt Lake, Sapporo head race to 2030 Olympics, and maybe '34

The Beijing Winter Olympics closed just over two months ago and the focus now turns to awarding a host city for the 2030 Winter Games.

Russian swimmer Rylov banned for appearing at Putin rally

Russian Olympic gold medalist swimmer Evgeny Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Qatar divides soccer, FIFA seeks unity ahead of WCup draw

Qatar is the next stop on the global tour of major sports events to nations led by autocratic governments who are often decried by human rights activists.

Russia invasion upends Olympic 'neutrality' — if it existed

The International Olympic Committee has always been political, from the sheikhs and royals in its membership to a seat at the United Nations to pushing for peace talks between the Koreas.

Heart-wrenching reaction to Russian athletes in Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee says Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries’ roles in the war against Ukraine.

Ukraine athletes defend country, demand sanctions for Russia

With Russian troops encircling the capital of Kyiv, more than 60 athletes from Ukraine and elsewhere sent an open letter to Olympic and Paralympic leaders urging them to immediately suspend the Russian and Belarussian Olympic and Paralympic Committees.

Ukraine invasion puts Russia's elite sports status at risk

The invasion of Ukraine could further undermine Russia's status as an elite sports dynasty, which already has been weakened by deception and doping scandals but often punished only by a tepid pushback from international sports bodies.

IOC urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

The International Olympic Committee has urged sports bodies to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and stop using the countries’ flags and national anthems.

Sights and sounds of the 2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

The Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics on NBC and Peacock, as it happened via live updates and video.

Beijing's Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior.

Lows far outweigh highs in Olympic figure skating program

The Olympic figure skating program at the Beijing Games probably won't be remembered for the soaring performances of American gold medalist Nathan Chen, French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron or the Chinese pairs team of Sui Wenjing and Han Cong.

Olympics Live: Flame extinguished to end Beijing Games

The Olympic flame has been extinguished in Beijing, marking the end of the most locked-down games in history.

Panel denies US skaters' appeal to get Olympic silver medals

Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics.

After skating debacle, Bach takes rare shots at Russians

A worldwide wave of sympathy has flowed to Kamila Valieva for the ordeal she endured at the Beijing Olympics.

Raising age limit for skating would end the age of the quad

The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games.

IOC president Bach disturbed by Valieva's meltdown, criticizes entourage

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Friday it was "chilling" to witness Russian teenage skater Kamila Valieva crumble under pressure at the 2022 Winter Olympics as a doping scandal continued to swirl, criticizing the 15-year-old's entourage.

Olympics Live: China pair breaks figure skating world record

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China shattered their own world record for a short program at the Beijing Games on Friday night, giving them the narrowest of leads over Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov heading into the free skate to decide the Olympic champion.

Canada skaters wait for Olympic medal that may not come

Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas could end up a medalist at the Beijing Games, though she isn’t holding her breath for the results of the Russian doping scandal that has cast a shadow over figure skating at the Winter Olympics.

Shcherbakova wins figure skating gold as Valieva collapses

Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games while Russian teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the medals after a mistake-filled end to her controversial Olympics.

AP sources: US skaters to get Olympic torches as medals wait

IOC president Thomas Bach has offered U.S. figure skaters Olympic torches as holdover gifts while they await a resolution of the Russian doping case preventing them from receiving their silver medals.

Russia's Olympic doping case helps China skirt dicey topics

The doping scandal around Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been a Games-changer at the Beijing Olympics.

At Winter Olympics, virus fight waged with worker sacrifices

So athletes from countries where COVID-19 has raged can compete, China's Winter Games workforce is making a giant sacrifice.

EXPLAINER: So why is Beijing holding another Olympics?

Nobody views Beijing as a winter sports capital.

Alphabet soup of parties go to Olympic court in Russian case

One of the most anticipated events at the Beijing Olympics is the imminent legal hearing in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case.

Not perfect, still golden for Chloe Kim in Olympic halfpipe

American snowboarder Chloe Kim turned in a strong opening run to easily defend her Olympic halfpipe title.

EXPLAINER: What in the world is the Olympic Truce?

A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times.

Journalist who spoke to Peng Shuai says doubts remain

A French journalist says his exclusive interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai this week did not prove that she is OK.

Peng Shuai watches Gu win Olympic gold in freeski big air

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai sat with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and watched American-born Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu win gold at the women’s big air event.

A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

China returned to work Monday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday muted by the pandemic — and even more so for the thousands of people inside a Winter Olympics bubble.

Peng Shuai emerges at Olympics, gives controlled interview

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has given a controlled interview to a French newspaper about the social media posting that sparked a storm of international concern over her well-being.

An Olympic question that won't go away: Where is Peng Shuai?

The whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai remain a pressing question at the Beijing Olympics.

Sense of FIFA influence hangs over Africa's football leader

Patrice Motsepe is approaching the end of his first year as Confederation of African Football president.

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Together for a shared future, apart

The ever-present slogan that governs these Winter Olympics is meant to evoke the ideal of one world.

In Beijing, Olympic ideals coexist with authoritarian rule

Thomas Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee, says the Olympic ideals show that even in a world full of conflict, people can build bridges and live in peace.

Emboldened China opens Olympics, with lockdown and boycotts

China invited the world back — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Olympics.

The Latest: Dutch VJ manhandled during Olympic live shot

A correspondent in Beijing for Dutch national broadcaster NOS was manhandled away from his camera during a live news show shortly before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

IOC president Bach says Peng Shuai can move freely in China

The president of the International Olympic Committee has sought to play down concerns about the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai while also saying he planned to go ahead with their long-promised dinner during the Beijing Games.

EXPLAINER: Peng Shuai case shows barriers Chinese women face

The controversy surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's accusations of sexual assault against a former top politician continues to cast a shadow over the Beijing Winter Olympic Games that officially begin on Friday.

Another Beijing Olympics with human rights still major issue

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are opening with the same concerns that loomed over the 2008 Beijing Olympics: China's record on human rights and its treatment of Tibetans and Uyghur Muslims in western China.

Olympic members unite against Infantino's World Cup plan

FIFA’s fading plan for biennial World Cups has been labeled a threat from soccer to all other sports by the International Olympic Committee.

Where is Peng Shuai? Australian Open T-shirts grab attention

An activist plans to hand out 1,000 T-shirts with the slogan “Where is Peng Shuai?"

China less worried about global criticism these Olympics

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week.

IOC major sponsors mostly muted in runup to Beijing Olympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors.

Banned from the Olympics by IOC, NKorea puts blame elsewhere

North Korea says it will skip next month’s Beijing Olympics because of the COVID-19 pandemic and “hostile forces’ moves."

Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied saying she was sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her that accused a former top Communist Party official of forcing her into sex.

Boxing among 3 Olympic sports in danger of losing 2028 spot

Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon have been set a target of about 18 months to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

Even amid boycott, IOC still hit with Peng Shuai questions

IOC President Thomas Bach can’t escape repeated questions about Peng Shuai and issues raised by two video calls the International Olympic Committee has had with her.

Diplomatic boycotts, Peng case test IOC before Beijing Games

The president of the International Olympic Committee has done his best to stay neutral as Canada, Britain and Australia followed the United States in announcing diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Games in Beijing.

EXPLAINER: Why does Beijing have the Olympics again?

The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are now the target of a diplomatic boycott by the United States with others likely to follow.

IOC says it had 2nd video call with tennis player Peng Shuai

The International Olympic Committee says it held a second video call with Peng Shuai.

WTA remains "concerned' about Peng's ability to speak freely

The head of the Women's Tennis Association says he remains “deeply concerned” about the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and her ability to “communicate freely, openly and directly” after allegations that a powerful politician forced her to have sex.

Former Brazil Olympic boss sentenced to jail for corruption

The former head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics.

IOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions

A video call between the head of the International Olympic Committee and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant to reassure the world that she was safe — but instead has raised more questions.

IOC says Peng Shuai has told Olympic officials she is safe

The IOC says Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has taken part in a 30-minute video call from Beijing with Olympic officials and told them she was safe and well.

Tennis players take on Communist Party: Where is Peng Shuai?

Some of the world’s most famous tennis players are distraught by the disappearance of colleague Peng Shuai and are challenging China’s Communist Party to get answers.

Beijing Olympics get 'gold for repression' in labor report

A global trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates in challenging the propriety of China holding the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Olympic flame arrives in Beijing amid boycott calls

Olympic flame arrives in Beijing amid boycott calls

The Olympic flame has arrived in Beijing amid calls from critics for a boycott of the Winter Games which are set to be staged in February.

Rights activists urge boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Rights activists urge boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Human rights activists have urged international governments, sponsors and athletes to boycott what they call China’s “genocide games.”.

Beijing Olympics open in 4 months; human rights talk absent

Beijing Olympics open in 4 months; human rights talk absent

The Beijing Winter Olympics open in four months — just six months after the Summer Games wrapped up in Tokyo.

Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

Some of the world's largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing.

NHL reaches agreement to send players to Olympics in Beijing

NHL reaches agreement to send players to Olympics in Beijing

NHL players are going back to the Olympics.

Documents show US investigation of 2 Kuwaitis in FIFA case

Documents show US investigation of 2 Kuwaitis in FIFA case

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show two senior Olympic officials from Kuwait have been targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice for suspected racketeering and bribery related to FIFA and international soccer politics.

Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

The International Olympic Committee says Jacques Rogge, who led the organization as president for 12 years, has died.

Paralympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics

Paralympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics

The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics.

Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end

Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics have officially come to an end.

The Perseverance Games: Surreal Olympics approach their end

The Perseverance Games: Surreal Olympics approach their end

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games finally come to a close after an exhausting, enlightening and sometimes enraging run.

Tokyo Olympics cost $15.4 billion. What else could that buy?

Tokyo Olympics cost $15.4 billion. What else could that buy?

Olympic Games are expensive.

Biles returns to competition with a bronze medal and a smile

Biles returns to competition with a bronze medal and a smile

Simone Biles returned to competition at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday and won a bronze medal in the balance beam.

Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam

Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam

Simone Biles stuck the landing and won a bronze medal.

Mao pins worn by Chinese athletes may test Olympic rules

Mao pins worn by Chinese athletes may test Olympic rules

The image of Communist China’s founding leader Mao Zedong has made an unscheduled appearance at the Tokyo Olympics.

Beijing Games: Sports coverage fine, other things maybe not

Beijing Games: Sports coverage fine, other things maybe not

The IOC says the Olympics are only about the sports, and that no politics are allowed.

Fukushima laments a recovery without Olympic witnesses

Fukushima laments a recovery without Olympic witnesses

In Japan’s northern prefectures, these Pandemic Games represent a missed chance to tout restoration following the earthquake of 2011 and the ensuing tsunami and nuclear disaster that ravaged the area.

U.S. women's hoops team captures 3-on-3 Olympic gold

U.S. women's hoops team captures 3-on-3 Olympic gold

The U.S. team of Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young have won the first women’s gold medal in the new Olympic sport of 3-on-3 basketball.

Tokyo Olympics: A success? A failure? And how to judge?

Tokyo Olympics: A success? A failure? And how to judge?

How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks.

EXPLAINER: How team of refugee athletes made it to Olympics

EXPLAINER: How team of refugee athletes made it to Olympics

The Refugee Olympic Team was created by the IOC for the 2016 Olympics.

China's Yang takes first gold at uneasy Tokyo Olympics

China's Yang takes first gold at uneasy Tokyo Olympics

Hardly half a day passed before politics, the pandemic and blistering heat impacted events across the Tokyo Olympics.

WATCH: Moment of remembrance observed at 2020 Opening Ceremony

WATCH: Moment of remembrance observed at 2020 Opening Ceremony

The festivities of the Opening Ceremony took a brief pause, as athletes and officials observed a moment of silence in remembrance of both the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and those killed during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

WATCH: Thomas Bach praises togetherness at Opening Ceremony

WATCH: Thomas Bach praises togetherness at Opening Ceremony

IOC President Thomas Bach reflected on the pandemic in his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and offered words of hope, saying that the feeling of togetherness at the Olympics "is the light at the end of the dark tunnel."

Olympic Games, Tokyo-style: The pandemic era, in miniature

Olympic Games, Tokyo-style: The pandemic era, in miniature

The Olympics are often billed as a slice of the globalized 21st-century world in miniature.

Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium

Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium

The Tokyo Games have arrived at last, after a yearlong delay.

The Latest: Osaka lights cauldron at Tokyo opening ceremony

The Latest: Osaka lights cauldron at Tokyo opening ceremony

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame’s long journey from Greece to these delayed Olympics.

Tokyo new virus cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open

Tokyo new virus cases near 2,000 a day before Olympics open

Tokyo has hit another six-month high in new COVID-19 cases one day before the Olympics begin, as worries grow of a worsening of infections during the Games.

Japanese PM Suga says world should see safe Olympics staged

Japanese PM Suga says world should see safe Olympics staged

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says the world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics.

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