Winter Games

Beijing Winter Olympics: Japan government officials to miss February event

Japan will not send government representatives to February's Beijing Olympics, Tokyo said Friday, as it called on China to respect human rights and the rule of law.

Beijing Winter Olympics: China says US diplomatic boycott violates Olympic spirit

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s on Monday vowed China would respond with 'firm countermeasures,' but gave no details

Beijing Winter Olympics: Overseas fans to be barred; 21-day quarantine for athletes not fully vaccinated

A 21-day quarantine for non-fully vaccinated athletes, officials and workers at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Daily testing for vaccinated people. No tickets sold to anyone living outside China.

Beijing Winter Olympics: IOC urges teams to ask for more vaccines ahead of next year's Games

Health officials in China said this week that more than one billion people, or 72 percent of the country's 1.4 billion citizens, have been fully vaccinated.

US seeks 'common approach' over possible boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics

President Joe Biden's administration has declined for months to present its position on a possible boycott.

Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 organisers unveil 'Futura' logo after public vote

Featuring the numbers two and six in a single trace like ice against a white background, the logo won 75 percent of the vote over a second 'Dado' design, a dice featuring the red and green colours of the Italian flag

'I am not going to leave': Ice skater Vishwaraj Jadeja on pursuing a winter sport amid various challenges

India's top ice skater Vishwaraj Jadeja speaks on challenges of pursuing a winter sport in Netherlands in the last 12 years.

Winter Youth Olympics 2020: Skater suffers life-threatening injury after 16-foot fall during rehearsal for Opening Ceremony

A female skater was severely injured after falling to the ice from about five meters (16 feet) during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Youth Winter Olympics in Lausanne, police said Wednesday.

Winter Youth Olympics 2020: Warm weather, rains affect preparations for upcoming Lausanne Games

St Moritz prides itself as the birthplace of modern winter sports but the Swiss city has been hit by warm weather and had to wait until days before the Lausanne 2020 winter Youth Olympics to confirm its lake is iced up and ready for speed skating events.

International Olympic Committee elects Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo as host for 2026 Winter Olympics

The 2026 Olympics meets the IOC President Thomas Bach's long-stated wish to return to traditional heartlands for winter sports after major construction projects from 2014-2022 in Russia, South Korea, and China