Kharlan said she was especially outraged by the timing of the announcement — on June 2, the day Russia launched another ...

A total of 13 nations have ever been officially banned from the Olympics, with reasons often connected to wars and violations of human rights, but also to breaking International Olympic Committee ...

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic chief Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Tuesday he was stepping down to make way for the election of a replacement, citing "geopolitical challenges" facing Russian sport ...

RUSSIA, MOSCOW - DECEMBER 15: Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov attends an annual Olympic meeting at the headquarters of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in Moscow, Russia on ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed Russian teams will be barred from competing in the Winter Games in Italy next year — extending sanctions imposed over the country’s invasion of ...

Every time Nikita Filippov races, it's an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so.The 23-year-old from Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is a medal contender in the rugged new Olympic ...

Just how seriously the Soviet Union took the Winter Olympic Games is evident in a secret Central Intelligence Agency report dated December 28, 1952, titled “Soviet Sport and Intelligence Activities.” ...

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