Winter Olympics

Hirano now has his sights set on the games hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The alpine sit-skier missed out on winning her fifth medal of the Beijing Paralympics on Saturday when she finished fifth in the women's slalom.

"The reality is very different from what was promised to us. Back then, locals here expected the Olympics to affect us a lot.”

The International Testing Agency said the pairs skater returned an adverse analytical finding for a metabolite of Clostebol, which is on the prohibited list of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

For some athletes, the Olympic experience was a dream come true, while for others it was a nightmare on one or more levels, even if there were some valuable lessons to take for safekeeping.

The Beijing Games have been described by the IOC as the most "gender-balanced” Winter Games in history.

"You just need to get up. It's the most important takeaway from these last couple of weeks for me and it has nothing to do with the Olympics.

The Olympic flame flickers amid faltering reforms and fading interest as the pandemic exposes shortcomings in the commercial goals of the Summer and Winter Games.

After two editions in Asia, the Winter Olympics return to Europe, and to Italy, in 2026, in a huge event spread over hundreds of kilometers. The joint bid of Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo was chosen over the Swedish pair Stockholm and Are in 2019 to ...

After more than two weeks of blood, sweat and tears, Norway tops the medals table for a second Games in a row, winning 16 golds.

Japan had its best-ever showing at a Winter Games with 18 medals in an event that will be remembered for its complicated circumstances as much as its thrilling athletic displays.