Olympics

Russia on Thursday condemned as a “disgrace” a last-minute decision to ban its athletes from the Paralympic Games in Beijing to punish it for its actions in Ukraine. “The situation ...

Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be able to compete at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Thursday, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...

Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete as neutrals at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Wednesday, despite calls to ban them following Russia’s ...

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has recommended sports federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from competing in events following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ...

By Tony Munroe and Muyu Xu Beijing was set to close the curtain on a Winter Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage ...

Organisers scrambled to reorganise the Alpine mixed team parallel race for the final day of the Beijing Olympics after high winds on Saturday forced the competition to be postponed. Team ...

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe won the men’s biathlon 15km mass start to claim their 15th gold medal at the Beijing Games on Friday, a Winter Olympics record achieved ...

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Friday it had been “chilling” to witness Russian teenage skater Kamila Valieva crumble under pressure at the Beijing Olympics as a doping scandal continued ...

Nine days after being notified of a failed drugs test, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva finally fell apart in front of the watching world on Thursday night, finishing out of the medals ...

Norway could set a record for the total number of gold medals won by a country at a single Winter Olympics in Beijing but for chef de mission Tore Oevreboe ...

Yianno Koumoudjian, Cyprus’ only participant in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, failed to finish the Men’s Slalom on Wednesday morning. The 25-year-old recorded a ‘Did Not Finish’ on his first ...

Clement Noel scorched the ‘Ice River’ course in a stunning second run to win the men’s slalom event at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday – France’s first Alpine skiing ...

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva dominated the ice on Tuesday night, fighting back tears as she completed a skate that put her at the top of the short programme standings. The 15...

Switzerland’s Corinne Suter powered to the gold medal in a thrilling women’s downhill race at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, pipping Italy’s defending champion Sofia Goggia to ...

The team format of the final ski jumping competition of the Beijing Games ended the programme on a high note on Monday, as Austria edged out Slovenia on the very ...

Valentine’s Day is normally about personally delivered romantic gestures and passionate kisses but Olympians at the “closed-loop” Beijing Games have had to be creative to express their feelings of ...

Cyprus skier Yianno Kouyoumdjian on Sunday finished in 42nd place out of 89 competitors in the men’s giant slalom at the Beijing Games. Kouyoumdjian, the only Cypriot at the Winter ...

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will be allowed to compete in the women’s single in figure skating at the Beijing Olympics after a decision by sport’s top court ...

The Russian Olympic Committee delivered a dominant display to win the 4x5km cross-country relay on Saturday, with Germany fending off the superpowers of the sport to take a sensational ...

Cyprus’ only athlete taking part in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Yianno Kouyoumdjian is set to race on Sunday morning at 4.15am Cyprus time at the Yanging Olympic slope. Kouyoumdjian will ...

Sweden’s Nils van der Poel crossed the finish line in the men’s 10,000 race at the Beijing Olympics to smash his own world record and scoop his second Beijing ...

Japan’s Ayumu Hirano soared to gold at the men’s snowboard halfpipe final on Friday at the Beijing Games, while a tearful Shaun White said he was thankful for ...

Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami won the women’s super-G at the Beijing Olympics on Friday with a time of 1:13.51 to end her run of agonising near misses in the event ...

Teen figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva won a gold medal having earlier failed a drug test and Olympic officials will fight Russia’s decision to let her compete at the ...