On Thursday, the International Olympic Committee effectively banned transgender women and those with differences in sexual development from competing as women in the Olympics, beginning with the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. The new IOC policy codifies, for the first time, an international standard for all sports regarding the eligibility classification of female athletes, an…
Men’s ice hockey is in the knockout rounds of the 2026 Winter Olympics after Canada and the United States topped their groups. The last three gold medal winners have been Finland, Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) and Canada, in 2014. Four years earlier, in 2010, Canada took home gold once again, beating the United States…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Skeletal Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych returned to training Wednesday with his banned helmet, a day before the start of his race at the Cortina Games in Milan and with the International Olympic Committee urging him to express his views differently. Heraskevych arrived at the Olympics wearing a custom helmet that…
MILAN (AP) — The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially began on Friday with the opening ceremony and lighting of the cauldrons. And these Games are particularly gigantic. These are the first Olympic Games to fully adopt the cost-cutting reforms implemented by the International Olympic Committee and primarily use existing venues, which has meant dispersing the…
Everyone remembers Salt Lake City as the site of the 2002 Winter Games. But when the Olympic and Paralympic Games for athletes with disabilities return in 3,000 days from Monday, organizers want the world to know that it is the state, not just the capital city, that is putting on the show. Advertisement So will…
It’s time for the Deaflympics centenary! The 2025 Deaflympics marks 100 years of the international multi-sport event sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee. The Deaflympics Summer Games begin this weekend in Tokyo, November 15-26. Organized by and for deaf people, all competitions, from football to swimming and wrestling, use visual cues. There are 51 deaf…
