The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced it will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to athletes who are set to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games under a similar programme that was in place at Tokyo 2020.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to attend the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing after accepting an invitation from Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

Construction work at a new arena which will host ice hockey matches at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo is set to begin in autumn next year, according to city officials.

The Squaw Valley ski resort, which hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics, will be officially renamed ahead of the 2021-2022 winter season to Palisades Tahoe to remove a derogatory term for Native American women, it has been announced.

The Austrian Luge Federation’s (ÖRV) head coach and sports director René Friedl has set his sights on picking up medals in each of the luge events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games as his team ramp up their preparations for the forthcoming International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup season.

An advocacy group has called for the suspension of United States men's ice hockey team general manager Stan Bowman following allegations he helped to cover up the sexual abuse of two Chicago Blackhawks players.

The President of the Catalonian Government has claimed the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games - which Pyrenees-Barcelona is in the running to host - could be the first major sporting event where the region competes under its own flag.

Japanese figure skating star Rika Kihira has stepped up her preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing by moving to a new training base in Toronto.

Seiko Hashimoto, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, spoke about her pride in hosting the Olympics and Paralympics despite the challenges presented by COVID-19.

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto hopes Sapporo’s bid to stage the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics can "become a reality" as Japan looks to stage another Games in the "very near future".

Athletes set to compete at next year’s Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing have been put in an unfair position, the head of EU Athletes, the European Federation of player unions and athlete associations, has claimed.

The Milano Santa Giulia project, controlled by Italian company Risanamento SpA, has signed an agreement with the German CTS Eventim group for the construction of the Arena Santa Giulia, one of the venues set to be used at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Former Belarus ice hockey player Mikhail Grabovski is set to join the country's men's coaching staff following the team's elimination from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games qualifying stage.

A group of seven potential Olympic stars in skeleton began their training in Bath in England this week after being selected in a nationwide talent identification campaign launched by British Skeleton to find success at Milan Cortina 2026.