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By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Cross-country skier Therese Johaug had her doubts about travelling to Beijing for the Winter Games due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic but the...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Local organisers need to tighten up the handling of health information after a hotel manager was told before the Norwegian team that two biathletes we...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany's record Winter Olympics medallist Claudia Pechstein, who was banned for doping in the past, and bobsledder Francesco Friedrich will carry their country's flag at the openi...

BEIJING (Reuters) - While most athletes have been praising the Beijing Olympics facilities, French snowboarder Chloe Trespeuch expressed disappointment that all competitions were being held on artific...

By Steve Keating BEIJING (Reuters) - The Czech Republic women's ice hockey team made their Olympic debut a winning one on Thursday, beating China 3-1 in the Beijing Winter Games tournament opener to d...

By Shadia Nasralla YANQING, China (Reuters) - Never mind racing down a steep icy mountain slope you have never skied on before at 140 kph. It's the food at the Beijing Winter Olympics that is feeding ...

Kyle Kuzma scored 24 points, Montrezl Harrell added 14 and the Washington Wizards defeated the host Philadelphia 76ers 106-103 on Wednesday to snap a six-game losing streak. The Wizards' Spencer Dinwi...

By Simon Jennings YANQING, China (Reuters) - Life in the Olympic bubble is a bit of a tease, Norwegian alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde said on Thursday, because COVID-19 restrictions are keeping ...

By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - He is 41 years old and has never won a World Cup race in 19 years on the circuit but Frenchman Johan Clarey is far from an outsider in Sunday's men's downhill...

By Chang-Ran Kim and Muyu Xu BEIJING (Reuters) - As far as the Winter Olympics go there's no bigger event than the figure skating competition for many and arguably no bigger name in the sport than def...