Olympic

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted China's invitation to attend the Beijing Olympics in February 2022, the...

By Emma Farge GENEVA(Reuters) - A Swiss criminal court will rule on Friday whether Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, a power...

By Simon Evans (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that the organisation had helped...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi spoke by telephone on Tuesday about the...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarusian equestrian Olga Safronova has been given a humanitarian visa allowing her to live in Poland, Polish...

-Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, his support ratings in tatters ahead of a general election, said on Friday he would...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - When Yoshihide Suga took over as Japan's prime minister last year, hopes were high...

By Eman Kamel and Hamad Mohammed DOHA (Reuters) - Afghan Special Olympics officials worry those with intellectual disabilities will suffer...

(Reuters) - Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the IOC said...

CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia evacuated more than 50 female Afghan athletes and their dependents after lobbying by prominent figures from the...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Authorities in the Japanese capital are considering plans to convert some of the city's Olympics and Paralympics...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - A majority of Japanese firms want Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to lose office through...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan boxer Eldric Sella, who represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the Tokyo Games, said on Tuesday...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Belarusian Olympic Committee (BOC) on Tuesday dismissed U.S. sanctions, imposed against it for alleged facilitation of...

By Margaryta Chornokondratenko KYIV (Reuters) - After Konstantin Yakovlev's handball team won the Belarusian championship in 2007, they were about...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday and commended him on...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden held talks over the phone on Tuesday...

By Natalia Zinets, William James and Elizabeth Piper KYIV/LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A defiant President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday a Belarusian...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order imposing...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid below 30% for the first time since he took office,...