LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — One of the world’s top middle-distance runners has been banned for two years in a dispute over a missed drug test which overshadowed the opening of last year’s world ...

Kaori Sakamoto won her third Olympic medal at her final Games in Milan Cortina 2026. She gave an emotional farewell, thanking Sarah Brightman: "It became a wonderful memory." Fans and fellow skaters, ...

At the foot of an active volcano in northern Japan, shouts ring out, competitors size each other up and snowballs whistle through the air in a very serious game of "yukigassen" -- a sport with Olympic ...

NOC-K president Shadrack Maluki (right) and JOC president Seiko Hashimoto sign a strategic MoU in Milan, Italy, on February 20, 2026. [NOC-K Media] National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) and ...

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Japan's snowboarders put on a jaw-dropping show on the snow-covered slopes of Italy, masterfully jumping, twisting and flipping through the air to earn more medals ...

MILAN — Only a few months ago, Ami Nakai, by her own admission, didn’t have skating in the 2026 Olympic Games on her radar. Yet there was the Japanese 17-year-old leading a pair of world champions in ...

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