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ROME (Reuters) - Former Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini, who led the Italian club during the most successful period in their history, died aged 80 on Tuesday. Zamparini guided the Sicilian club f...

By Steve Keating BEIJING (Reuters) - Growing up Jake Chelios and Jeremy Smith might have dreamed of playing for the United States men's Olympic ice hockey team but instead will faceoff against them at...

By Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) - Four years after her medal celebrations were spoiled by abuse, Canada's Kim Boutin is back on an Olympic rink at the Beijing Games, having put her Pyeongchang nigh...

By Ossian Shine BEIJING (Reuters) - Italy's National Olympic Committee (NOC) president Giovanni Malago has tested positive for COVID-19 in Beijing and is isolating in a dedicated facility in the Chine...

(Reuters) - Premier League clubs spent 295 million pounds ($397 million) in the January transfer window -- the most since 2018 -- with the bottom five teams accounting for more than 50% of expenditure...

(Reuters) - Beijing is preparing to host its second Olympics, 14 years after staging the Summer Games. Following are some numbers relating to the XXIV Winter Olympics, which open in the Chinese capita...

(Reuters) - The world swimming championships, scheduled to be held in Fukuoka, Japan in May, have been postponed to July next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport's global governing body said ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Russian athletes taking part at this month's Beijing Olympics will be competing without their flag and national anthem because of doping sanctions. Here is why sanctions were i...

By Hritika Sharma BEIJING (Reuters) - Norwegian curler Kristin Skaslien already has an Olympic bronze medal in her trophy cabinet but is determined to finally experience the joy of winning a medal con...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Finland's Olympic champion Iivo Niskanen is hoping his Norwegian rivals make it to the start line at the Beijing Games despite a COVID-19 outbreak tha...