By Keith Weir and Francesca Landini MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Italian short track skater Arianna Fontana had to settle for silver in the Olympic 500 metres on Thursday but was delighted to match the ...

The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games.

The Olympic medal count is constantly changing, and over the years, the make-up of the actual medals has changed too. The gold medal is silver and gold, specifically 500 grams of silver and six grams ...

Dutch skaters doubled up in the short track at the Olympics on Thursday as Xandra Velzeboer took the women's 500 metres gold and compatriot Jens van 't Wout snatched the men's 1000 metres crown in a ...

The flag bearer’s disqualification over a helmet featuring athletes killed in the war is another example of how politics and the Olympics cannot be separated.

Olympic officials have long sought to limit political demonstrations and displays at the Games. IOC restrictions on such ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended the sale of a T-shirt featuring a motif of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, which were held under Nazi rule. In the Olympics online shop, the ...

Discover the best Olympics-themed movies with The Reel Olympics! Vote for your favorite and see which film will win Globe gold.

Olympic medals have what's known as a "melt value." But they're worth far more financially than their mineral contents, an ...

Wars continue around the globe and U.S. strikes in Iran and Venezuela have added to tensions, but athletes at the ...

The Celebration for a Champion sculpture at the Jesse Owens plaza outside Ohio Stadium honors the Ohio State alumni's 4 gold ...

It’s been 106 years since “ice hockey,” so called to differentiate it from the game that’s played on grass, made its Olympic debut, the Winnipeg Falcons winning the historic first gold medal at ...