The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not only award the Winter Youth Olympics to countries who have hosted the main Games and the door is open for smaller nations to stage the event, according to a senior official at the organisation.

Germany claimed both gold medals on offer on the opening day of luge competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg issued a warning to world leaders that climate change demonstrations will not go away, as a march swept through Lausanne during the Winter Youth Olympic Games here.

We are at the halfway point in Lausanne 2020. Already a week has passed since young Swiss ice dancer Gina Zehnder lit the flame to set the Winter Youth Olympic Games in motion.

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg is expected to arrive in Lausanne tomorrow as part of a planned event, taking place during the Winter Youth Olympic Games here.

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games should look to the example of Lausanne 2020 to create an atmosphere that appeals to young people, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi.

Yang Binyu earned China's first gold medal of Lausanne 2020, triumphing in the women's mass start speed skating competition, while the men's event saw further Japanese success and a breakthrough medal for Colombia.

Norway edged out Japan in an extra end to clinch the mixed team curling gold medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Champéry.

Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 can learn from how organisers of the Winter Youth Olympic Games have made a success of the "decentralised" model used here, according to senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi.

Individual ambitions were put to one side on the penultimate day of Lausanne 2020 speed skating competition, as a 16-team mixed National Olympic Committee (NOC) sprint event was held in St Moritz.