An international team to masterplan the Olympic Village for Milan Cortina 2026 has been announced, with a consortium including London-based PLP Architecture and New York City’s Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Carlo Ratti Associati of Turin and Gross Max of Edinburgh.
Ekkehard Fasser, a member of the Swiss four-man bobsleigh team that won the gold medal at the Calgary 1988 Olympic Games, has died at the age of 68 after a serious illness.
Three-time Olympic skiing champions Deborah Compagnoni and Alberto Tomba have been appointed as ambassadors for Milan Cortina 2026.
More than 200 global campaign groups have signed an open letter urging chocolate bar brand Snickers to "immediately cancel" its sponsorship of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights situation.
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) says it will not boycott the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing despite calls for action over China’s human rights record.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission chair Ban Ki-moon has been urged to respond to a complaint against the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games by the World Uyghur Congress.
Barring another downwards spiral in world affairs, I would be surprised if any major winter sports nation proceeds with a full-scale boycott of Beijing 2022.
United States Representative John Katko has urged President Joe Biden to order a boycott of next year's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Akwasi Frimpong revealed his aim to represent Ghana at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after competing at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Championships in Altenberg.
A new museum to commemorate the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has opened in Pyeongchang.
The design of the Torches which will carry the Olympic and Paralympic Flame for Beijing 2022 have been unveiled as part of celebrations to mark one year to go.
The Olympic Athletes from Russia team is expected to surge up the Winter Olympic medals table, according to a new forecast released with one year to go before Beijing 2022.
Alessandro Benetton, leader of the Fondazione Cortina 2021 Committee that is organising this month’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships, has told Global Sports Week (GSW) Paris that the pandemic has had a "magic" effect upon previously disunited stakeholders.
A joint letter signed by more than 180 campaign groups has been sent to leaders around the world as pressure for a boycott of next year's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing continues.
Norwegian athletes have been set the target of finishing in the top three of the medals table at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The coronavrius pandemic has had a profound impact on sport, but many elite athletes have also made their impact felt during the health crisis, working on the medical frontline and in some cases sacrificing their chances of sporting success for the good of public health. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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