Rio de Janeiro officials have announced plans for a mass clean-up of Guanabara bay ahead of an Olympic sailing test event in August.
Slopestyle snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg and luger Erin Hamlin were named Wednesday (US time) as the United States Olympic Committee’s top athletes from the Sochi Winter Games in February.
A referendum is to be held in Krakow on May 25 on the southern Polish city’s candidacy for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
World Curling Federation (WCF) President Kate Caithness said in Beijing Sunday that China did a fabulous job in 2008 Beijing Olympics and have no problem in hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics.
South Korea's Olympic body said Friday it would file a complaint with the international governing body for figure skating over controversial judging, which saw Olympic defending champion Kim Yu-na relegated to silver at the Winter Games.
Krakow (Poland), Oslo (Norway), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Lviv (Ukraine) and Beijing (China) have all submitted their respective Applicant File to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the organization said on Friday.
Following last day of the round- robin game Thursday, China, Britain moved into wheelchair curling semifinals at the Sochi Paralympics alongside Canada and Russia.
Two Russian alpine skiers, along with a Japanese veteran, won their first Paralympic Winter Games gold medals in Sochi on Thursday's slalom events, securing the host nation's dominance in the medal tally.
With four days of competition remaining, Russia took a dominant lead on the medal table, winning 16 golds to post its best performance at a Paralympic Winter Games.
More than 5600 spectators watched a fierce competition Tuesday afternoon in the Shayba Arena, with Russian sledge hockey team beating the US 2-1 in a preliminary round group B game during the Winter Paralympic Games.