With the rhetoric not matching the reality, future Olympics hosts need to forge clearer sustainable standards
By the end of the 21st century, only eight of the 21 cities that have hosted the Winter Ol…
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Winter Olympics offers little fame or fortune but athletes and stories make them great | Andy Bull ○
There is often not much elite competition but purity elevates what were once derided as ‘useless’ sports
It was the Olympics of politics and penises, of JD Vance being jeered and of Ukrainian bobsled…
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Israel wants to execute Palestinians and the world will allow it ○
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An execution bill is being pushed through the Knesset. International indifference paved its way for it.
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Visa's Olympics monopoly highlights Europe's payment headache ○
Under a sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee dating back to 1986 and extended to 2032, Visa is the sole card provider at the Games.
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Haiti’s Winter Olympics kit redesigned at last minute to fit IOC guidelines ○
Designer Stella Jean forced to paint over image of revolutionary on ski suits after being told it breached rules
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The designer behind the Haitian team’s uniform for…
Winter Olympics briefing: Heraskevych’s helmet dispute raises tough questions ⊖
The controversy over the IOC’s decision to bar the Ukrainian from competing has cast a long shadow over the Games
The Winter Olympics have been presented as a stage for unity – a place where nations s…
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IOC criticised for selling Nazi-era Olympics T-shirt ○
The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games.
Heraskevych’s ‘helmet of memory’ forces IOC into PR fiasco at Winter Olympics | Sean Ingle ○
Skeleton racer sacrificed his dream of winning a medal and succeeded in putting the horrors of the war in Ukraine back on the agenda
To be a Olympic-class skeleton racer requires extraordinary guts an…
Team GB’s Matt Weston leads golden charge as skeleton rivals unite behind banned Ukrainian ⊖
British racer poised for podium after opening rounds
Sledder turned in back-to-back Cortina track records
This was the race that will always be remembered for the one man who didn’t make the start. Exa…
Skeleton athlete kicked out over helmet with images of Ukrainians killed in war ⊖⊖
Heraskevych ignored last-ditch plea from IOC
Decision announced 20 minutes before competition
The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been kicked out of the Winter Olympics after he refu…