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Russia foils terror plot targeting Sochi Olympics

Three men suspected of being ringleaders of a cell of the North Caucasus-based terrorist group Cauca...

NKorea hopes to co-host Olympics

A news report says North Korea wants to co-host the 2018 Winter Olympics with South Korea.

Munich `ideal for Winter Olympics`, says bid chief

Munich deserves to win the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics because it provides a great stage ...

IOC gives cautious thumbs up on Sochi 2014

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday gave a cautious thumbs up to progress on constructi...

Vancouver Games says broke even in end

Organizers of the Vancouver Winter Olympics said on Friday the Games ended without any debt, despite...

Greens reproach will not hit Munich bid – Bach

Munich’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics will not be affected by a surprise rejection by the Greens...

Pyeongchang 2018 accepts IOC warning over sponsor deal

Officials for South Korea`s 2018 Winter Olympics bid have accepted an International Olympic Committe...

IOC looks into 2018 conflict of interest claim

The International Olympic Committee is examining whether two sponsorship deals involving South Korea...

Annecy, Munich, Pyeongchang pitch for 2018 Games

The race to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics began in earnest when bid cities Munich, South Korea`s Py...

Luge death ruled accidental, but safety eyed

The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili on the eve of the Vancouver Winter Olympics was acc...

Witt to help Munich bid as chief steps down

Twice Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt became the international face of the Munich 2018...

Russian Olympics clouded by 19th century deaths

A Muslim diaspora is demanding the Sochi 2014 Olympics be cancelled or moved unless Russia apologise...

Euphoric end to a bittersweet Olympics

They were the resilient Winter Games — beginning in shock, ending in euphoria.

Joking Canada closes Games with moose stampede

Canada herded 60,000 man-made moose and made its dignified Mounties dance in the Olympic host nation...

Canada wins Olympics medal race

Canada ensured it will finish its home Olympics with more gold than anyone else Saturday as Italy’s ...

Riesch strikes gold, Canada braced for semi

German skier Maria Riesch grabbed her second gold medal of the Winter Olympics in the slalom on Frid...

Yuna crowned Olympic figure skating champion

Kim Yuna produced a riveting women’s free skate on Thursday to obliterate the opposition and become ...

Women’s Ice hockey game must improve, says Rogge

The future of women’s ice hockey at the Winter Olympics could be in doubt if other nations do not st...

Vonn to ski with tough glove

American Lindsey Vonn will chase her third Olympic Alpine skiing medal on Friday with a modified glo...

Bjoergen claims third gold, hosts net eighth

Norwegian cross country skier Marit Bjoergen became the first triple gold medallist of the Vancouver...

Canadian women in golden form as rookie sparks upset

Canada charged past arch ice hockey enemy the United States to win the women’s gold medal as rookie ...

Germany on medal high, Canada mood hits low

Germany joined the United States at the top of the Winter Games medals table on Monday as Canada awo...

Ghana’s Snow Leopard is one ice-cool cat

As a 35-year-old Olympic Alpine skier from Africa, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is accustomed to beating...

Canada inspired by impromptu national anthem

The Canadian men’s curling team took inspiration from a loud impromptu rendition of their national a...

Alpine skiing - Whistler becomes millionaire’s playground

The speed queens of the slopes have it in bucket-loads and are sprinkling it all over Whistler Black...

Miller strikes first gold, ice hockey hots up

Bode Miller of the United States, for so long the nearly man of Winter Olympics, slalomed from deep ...

Austrians won’t protest against Ammann

The Austrian Olympic ski jumping team has formally decided it will not protest against the modified ...

Japan’s skeleton master too old

The oldest member of Japan’s Olympic team made no bones about his flop in the men’s skeleton at the ...

Georgia buries Olympic luger, safety debate goes on

Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was buried before thousands of mourners in his snowbound hometow...

Svindal, Bjoergen increase Norway`s gold haul to five

Aksel Lund Svindal and Marit Bjoergen clinched gold medals within an hour of each other to help No...

Riesch outshines Vonn, Norway claim 100th gold

Germany`s Maria Riesch snatched the women`s super combined crown on Thursday after American Lindsey ...

Vancouver`s Games in danger of sinking into meltwater

Vancouver`s Olympic smile is slipping. The beautiful city`s "Sea to Sky" Games seem to be sinking in...

Olympian Sequeira recuperating from burn injuries

Former 1500m national record holder Eddie Sequeira, who participated in the 5000m in the 1972 Summer...

Dashing Defago whistles up Games` big prize

Down-on-his-luck Didier Defago emerged from the shadows of powerful Swiss ski teammates to win his c...

Swiss roll to gold as Games come alive

Didier Defago handed Switzerland its first men`s downhill gold since 1988 while Chinese pairs skater...

Mercury rising in Indian contingent at Winter Olympics

The row over uniforms in India’s Winter Olympics contingent has intensified with luger Shiva Keshava...

Indian calls for tougher regulations

Shiva Keshavan, who saw the Georgian slider crash at the Vancouver Olympics, said the accident could...

Monkeys, monsoon rains dominate at Olympics

Relentless rain washed out women`s downhill training on Sunday, scrapping any alpine skiing on the f...

Indian camp in Winter Olympics divided over uniform issue

Trouble is brewing in the Indian camp in Winter Olympics here with majority of the contingent denyin...

Games first golds won in wake of tragic death

Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann won the first gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games on Saturday ...

Olympic track didn`t cause luger`s death : Probe

Olympic officials decided late Friday night against any major changes in the track or any delays in ...

Georgia`s Olympic Games memories haunted by war, death

Georgia`s Olympic aspirations were left in tatters for the second consecutive Games on Friday with t...

Downhill off unless temperatures drop

Saturday`s men`s downhill, the premier event in Olympic Alpine skiing, will be postponed unless ther...

Olympic torch relay completed despite protest

Protesters forced the Olympic torch relay to change its course during its final journey through the ...

Despite luge death, opening ceremony goes on

In time-honored tradition, the show went on.

Olympics Luge crash death darkens Winter Games mood

Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old Georgian luger, died in a horrific crash on a training run on Fr...

Injury threatens Lindsey Vonn`s golden dream

US ski star Lindsey Vonn has a badly bruised and possibly fractured right shin that is causing "excr...

Warm weather, IOC dope warning creates big chill

Bright sunshine darkened the mood again at the Winter Olympics while potential drugs cheats received...

Winter Olympic torch arrives in Canadian

The Olympic flame arrived to the jubilation of thousands in the ski resort of Whistler, the first Wi...

Indian team for Winter Olympics leaves on Saturday

Ski athletes Tashi Lundup and Jamyang Namgyal will leave here on Saturday to participate in the Wi...

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