Every time Nikita Filippov races, it's an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so. The 23-year-old from Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is a medal contender in the rugged new Olympic ...

Shaun White is among the athletes who have won medals at both the Winter X Games and Winter Olympics. See who joins him on ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / January 9, 2026 / International Olympic Committee newsThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the 15 finalists for the IOC Climate Action Awards ...

Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., who has starred on the track for years and ran to his first Canadian cross-country title in November, will lead the national team at his fourth world championship on ...

Japan was set on Friday to extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas by about three weeks to June 20 as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing less than two months before the Summer ...

International Olympic Committee news NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / January 8, 2026 / An updated analysis of venues shows that 86 per cent of all permanent venues used at the Olympic Games since ...

Usain Bolt's 100-metre world record could come under serious threat later this year - though any new record won't count in the official record books.

A rare act of sportsmanship unfolded at the Tokyo Olympics when two high jumpers chose to share the gold medal in an ...

Former British sprinter Reece Prescod has come out of retirement to take part in the controversial Enhanced Games, a decision the head of UK Athletics described on Wednesday as "appalling".

Former Great Britain sprinter Reece Prescod joins controversial Enhanced Games as UK Athletics chief executive says he is "appalled".

The event has been dubbed as 'The Olympics on Steroids' in some quarters because athletes will be allowed to use ...

American skateboarder Nyjah Huston, who won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, sustained a serious injury in a ...