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Nita and Mukesh Ambani host IOC President Thomas Bach at Antilia
Reliance Industries Chairman, Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani, founder and chairperson of Reliance Fo…
ANI
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A non-athlete resident tests positive for COVID-19 at Tokyo Olympic Village, say organisers
Officials said it was not an athlete with the the Games opening in just under a week on July 23.…
PTI
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Kamila Valieva's coach said she can't understand why Olympic boss Thomas Bach attacked her treatment of the teenage skater
Eteri Tutberidze heavily criticized Valieva after she fell in the women's individual finals, asking…
Barnaby Lane
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Olympics president Thomas Bach visited the site of the Atomic bomb strike in Japan, and some citizens called the trip 'blasphemy'
Thomas Bach visited Hiroshima, where the US dropped the first of two Atomic bombs during World War …
Jackson Thompson
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IOC President Thomas Bach said he was 'very disturbed' watching Kamila Valieva struggle in the free-skate final, and slammed her entourage's 'tremendous coldness' to the teen
"This pressure is beyond my imagination, and in particular for a girl of 15 years," Bach said, blas…
Matthew Loh
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Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021, date yet to be decided
The Olympic flame will continue to stay in Japan.
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Indian Olympic Association is ‘dead serious’ about hosting Olympics in 2032, submits formal interest to bid
India is holding on to its dream of hosting the Olympic games for the first time. Mehta t…
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IOC president Thomas Bach took a shot at Russian doping during his speech at opening ceremony
Russia are not officially recognized at this year's Winter Olympics due to the country's widespread…
Tyler Lauletta
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Olympic chief warns that barring Russians from competitions like Wimbledon could lead to arbitrary athlete bans across sport
"There is no sanction and there should be no sanction for holding a passport," said Bach speaking i…
Barnaby Lane
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The Enhanced Games wants to take on the Olympics by embracing steroids and athlete pay. Meet the founder.
Billionaires, including Peter Thiel, are backing the Enhanced Games, an Olympics-style event that a…
Lloyd Lee
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Kremlin defends Kamila Valieva coach who berated her for falling at the Olympics, says 'harshness' brings victory
The Kremlin defended the coach of 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva after she berated her f…
Alia Shoaib
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Video shows the Olympics committee chief accidentally calling Japanese people Chinese, before quickly correcting himself
Thomas Bach slipped up while promising "safe and secure games" for the Japanese people ahead of the…
Alexandra Ma
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Peng Shuai held a 30-minute video call with the boss of the Olympics, but tennis bosses remain unconvinced she's actually safe and well
Women's tennis bosses said the video did not alleviate or address concerns about her wellbeing and …
Sam Cooper
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Peng Shuai laughed and joked as she watched Eileen Gu win Olympic gold, but tennis bosses still fear for her safety
Gu, who was born in the US but chose to represent China in 2019, sidestepped a question about Peng'…
Barnaby Lane
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Mike Tirico defends 'victim' Kamala Valieva and slams the 'adults in the room' as the real villains
Tirico called the Russian figure skating star at the center of a doping scandal "the victim of the …
Rebecca Cohen
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Top medical expert says that the 72 COVID cases detected in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics so far are within its expectations
Beijing 2022 Olympics have confirmed 72 COVID-19 cases among the 2,586 personnel brought in for the…
Matthew Loh
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Peng Shuai, the tennis star in the middle of a #MeToo firestorm in China, abruptly announces her retirement from the sport
Speaking to French publication L'Equipe, Peng claimed that she "never disappeared" and that she "ne…
Cheryl Teh
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CEO of Women's Tennis Association suspends all tournaments in China and Hong Kong over Peng Shuai controversy
"I don't see how I can ask our athletes to compete there when Peng Shuai is not allowed to communic…
Insider Inc.
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A Russian deputy prime minister fired back at the IOC's president after he condemned the team's treatment of Kamila Valieva
"This is frankly inappropriate and wrong," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said o…
Natalie Musumeci
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The US figure skating team were offered torches as a placeholder instead of silver medals as they wait to find out if Kamila Valieva will be disqualified
The IOC has delayed all medal ceremonies for events in which Kamila Valieva has or will finish in t…