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By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) - The long wait to discover exactly what kind of downhill course has been created in the mountains outside Beijing ended on Thursday when the world's top skiers...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday vented their frustration over plans for a biennial soccer World Cup instead of the current four...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany will compete without their figure skating pairs after Nolan Seegert tested positive for COVID-19 a second time and was isolating in a hotel, the German Olympic Sports Confe...

(Reuters) - A study by governing body UEFA showed the COVID-19 pandemic cost European clubs seven billion euros ($7.91 billion) across two seasons even as player wages at top sides rose by 2% to 11.9 ...

By Chang-Ran Kim BEIJING (Reuters) - Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno said on Thursday that he was unworried by his Swiss coach still awaiting clearance to travel to Beijing after a positive COVID-19 ...

By Hritika Sharma BEIJING (Reuters) - Reigning world champions Britain earned a notable victory over fellow favourites Canada in a tough contest at the National Aquatics Centre on Thursday to continue...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - American three-time gold medallist Shaun White checked out the halfpipe course at the Beijing Games in what is likely to be his final Olympics. In an Instagram post publ...

Top-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina needed just 71 minutes on Wednesday to defeat countrymate Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the Corboda Open in Argentina. Schwartzman, rank...

By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Belgian skeleton racer Kim Meylemans has made it to one of the Olympic villages after tearfully describing on Instagram her anguish over facing seven days o...

By Ryan Woo and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - The Olympic torch relay began its second day on Thursday atop the Great Wall, with Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and Chinese Olympic medallists among tho...