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By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - The Netherlands will try to match their medal haul from the last Olympics with 20 medals at the 2022 Beijing Games as they aim to broaden their success beyond the ...

(Reuters) - Former Chelsea and Arsenal full back Ashley Cole has been named as one of new manager Frank Lampard's assistant coaches at Everton, the Premier League club said on Thursday. The former Eng...

By Karolos Grohmann, Simon Evans and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - The Olympics chief on Thursday pledged to support Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai if she asks for an investigation into her treatm...

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - Those seeking clues to the traditional mystery of who will light the Olympic cauldron at the Games Opening Ceremony on Friday evening will be looking at prec...

By Stephanie Nebehay LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Hundreds of Tibetan activists marched on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, a day before Beijing 2022 opens, accusing the Swi...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Defending champion Mikael Kingsbury of Canada easily beat his rivals to lead the Olympic men's freestyle moguls qualifying on Thursday, ahead of Sweden's Walter Wallberg...

(Adds Olympics tag, no change to story) By Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) - Martin Fourcade won France's last five men's Olympic titles in biathlon before retiring two years ago but the young guard h...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Norway's Pyeongchang Olympics Nordic Combined silver medallist Jarl Magnus Riiber has tested positive for COVID-19, dealing another blow to their Beij...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Six members of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) women's ice hockey team are in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday. The ROC ...

(Reuters) - Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers said they "got it wrong" by signing David Goodwillie and will not play the former Scotland international. Goodwillie and former Dundee United team m...