China To Stage First NHL Preseason Games
The NHL will play its first-ever preseason games in China this autumn, its commissioner announced Thursday, as Beijing pushes winter ...
Tag: Winter Olympics
South Korea Set To Let Women’s Football Team Play In North
South Korea plans to allow its women's football team to make a rare visit to the North next week, it ...
Seoul Approves N.Korea Women’s Hockey Visit
Seoul has granted rival North Korea's women's ice hockey team permission to play in the South next week, the Unification ...
Chinese Curlers Already Under Pressure For Beijing 2022
Peering up at a thinned out crowd, the Chinese team waved half-heartedly after failing to reach the play-offs in the ...
Lindsey Vonn Focused Already On Pyeongchang and Beyond
US ski star Lindsey Vonn, among the most successful racers in history, is already focused on adding to her legacy ...
Nuclear-Hit Fukushima Gets Nod For 2020 Baseball
Nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima won formal approval to host baseball during the Tokyo Olympics on Friday -- and may have the ...
IOC Member Apologises For ‘Hitler’ Comment
A senior IOC member apologised on Thursday after he compared the idea of banning doping-tainted Russia from next year's Winter ...
Winter Olympics Can ‘unite’ South Korea, Says IOC Chief Bach
Bach, visiting the mountain resort which will host the Games next February, said he had been assured of cross-party support ...
Durban Stripped of 2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games will no longer take place in Durban, South Africa, the BBC and other British media reported ...
Trading Nations For An Olympic Ice Hockey Ticket
Fidgeting nervously, Canadian ice hockey defenceman Alex Plante cleared his throat and addressed a roomful of Olympic officials in a ...
Capitals’ Defenseman Shattenkirk Gets Two-Game Ban
Washington Capitals defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk was suspended two games without pay Sunday by the National Hockey League for a charging ...
As Olympics Loom, China Plunges Into Snow Biz
Hao Rui only took up skiing this winter, but the 17-year-oldlooked like a veteran as he perched casually atop a ...
Sri Lankan ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Takes Snowboarding Plunge
Following in the traditions of plucky triers such as Jamaica's bobsledders and British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, a ...
US Figure Skater Chen Wins Four Continents Title
American Nathan Chen took the men's title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Sunday, cementing his status as one ...
Russia Corrupted Olympics On Unprecedented Scale
The Russian state conspired with athletes and sporting officials to undertake a doping program that was unprecedented in its scale ...
Sanctions Extended By the International Olympic Committee
Doping sanctions against Russia have been extended until further notice by the International Olympic Committee. Measures against the country were ...
IOC Called To Help Compensate Child Victims of Violence
The International Olympic Committee should be helping to compensate child victims of police violence at Rio 2016, say children's rights ...