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OLYMPICS

Akwasi Frimpong competes during a skeleton heat at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 15, 2018.

OLYMPICS / Skeleton

Skeleton racer Akwasi Frimpong wants to open doors for more African athletes

The 39-year-old broke barriers in 2018 when he and Nigerian Simidele Adeagbo became the first African skeleton racers to compete at an Olympics.

The Olympic flag flies at Centennial Park in Atlanta on Jan. 19.

OLYMPICS

World Boxing looks toward Olympics after provisional recognition from IOC

The Olympic body said World Boxing had met several key criteria to merit provisional recognition.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks during the opening of an executive board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, in December 2024.

OLYMPICS

IOC President Thomas Bach to resign as member after tenure as leader ends

The 71-year-old, who joined the IOC in 1991, could have remained a member until the age of 80.

Athletes compete in the men's 1,500-meter heats in front of empty stands at the National Stadium in Tokyo during the Tokyo Games in August 2021.

OLYMPICS / Athletics

Feb 7, 2025

Tokyo world athletics party can make up for Olympic lockout, says CEO

By Andrew MCKIRDY

Organizing committee head Takashi Takeichi is confident that all nine days of the World Athletics Championships will be sold out.

Japan's Kaori Sakamoto celebrates after finishing in third place at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Grenoble, France on Dec. 7, 2024.

OLYMPICS / Winter Sports

Feb 6, 2025

Olympics on horizon as China hosts Asian Winter Games

By Mary Yang

The Games crucially come just a year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

A statue of the founder of the International Olympic Committee, Pierre de Coubertin, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland

OLYMPICS

Feb 5, 2025

The closed-door battle to lead the Olympics

By Tariq Panja

For such a consequential election, much of it is taking place in the dark, away from any form of public or private debate.

Honorary IOC member Chiharu Igaya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 20.

OLYMPICS

Feb 4, 2025

Honorary IOC member urges organization to address climate change

Some studies have suggested that the number of possible candidates to host a Winter Games will fall to 10 by 2040 due to the effects of global warming.

Milano-Cortina Games organizers raised eyebrows earlier this month, announcing that they had picked Lake Placid in the United States as their Plan B for next year should anything happen to the sliding center project's timelines.

OLYMPICS

Feb 1, 2025

Sliding center for 2026 Winter Games in Italy on track, IOC says

By Karolos Grohmann

With Feb. 6 marking one year to go until the Games, the sliding venue for the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions remains on an extremely tight deadline.

Sebastian Coe speaks during a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.

OLYMPICS

Jan 31, 2025

Sebastian Coe admits mistakes in handling of prize money issue at Olympics

World Athletics announced its prize money decision unilaterally ahead of last year's Paris Games without consulting the IOC.

IOC presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe speaks during a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.

OLYMPICS

Jan 31, 2025

IOC presidential contenders make pitches to voters

They are vying to succeed Thomas Bach as arguably the most powerful person in global sports.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Pedestrians commute through Shibuya Station in central Tokyo, an area that is almost never devoid of people.

As the rest of Japan shrinks, Tokyo grows

By Alex K.T. Martin

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