Thirteen athletes from Russia will compete in Italy, but they will do so without flags, anthems or a place in the medal ...

Some Russians have dismissed the Games over the continued exclusion of their athletes. But the truth is international sport is still important to Moscow ...

Russia officially is banned from the 2026 Winter Olympics, but 13 athletes have qualified to compete as "neutral'' athletes. Here's how that works.

A Ukrainian athlete has been kicked out of the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet commemorating compatriots killed in ...

Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin launched Europe’s deadliest war since World War II, Russia remains banned by the IOC ...

Every time Nikita Filippov races, it's an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so. The 23-year-old from Russia’s far ...

Russia’s absence from the men’s ice hockey tournament puts an asterisk on these games, whether we like it or not.

At the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York, that superpower rivalry was on full display on the ice. The U.S. men’s ice ...

A Winter Olympian has been banned from wearing an anti-Russia helmet with images of Ukraine war victims. Ukrainian skeleton ...

Russia being barred from team sports at the Olympics because of its ongoing war in Ukraine means the first so-called ‘best-on-best’ men’s hockey tournament in a decade doesn’t feature some of the NHL’ ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 didn't just hurt their standing in the international community as a whole. It also did a lot of damage to their standing in the eyes of the International Olympic ...