Olympics

April 6 is International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, and athletes from Olympic winter sports, soccer, rugby and more are speaking on a United Nations panel, urging action on climate change. The effects of climate change have already been seen on winter sports courses, with melting snow and warmer temperatures posing risks to athletes. U.S. cross country skier...

Increasingly, the IOC must cater to rich sponsors that were barely a factor 30 years ago as the Games, almost bankrupt, turned commercial and professional.

The International Olympic Committee released recommendations Monday to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from all sport competitions. FIFA followed shortly after with a ban on Russian teams, effectively withdrawing Russia from the World Cup.

The IOC no longer runs a wide-open bidding process, instead selecting cities in which it has interest — and vice versa.

No matter how a matchup looks on paper, the games have to be played. Take a look back at the best underdog stories from the 2022 Olympic Winter Games…

Does North Korea participate in the Olympics? Good question. Here’s the answer.

While there are many countries who regularly do not field a Winter Olympics delegation, there is one country whose absence is slightly more noticeable than others.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s struggles may be the most shocking results of the Beijing Olympics so far, and no one seems more stunned by it than her.

It’s Day 4 of competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and Team USA is skiing and snowboarding today. The full schedule for Tuesday Feb. 8 can be found here and includes these highlighted Winter Olympics events (all times ET): 8:35 a.m: Women’s singles luge finals 9:20 a.m.: Men’s 1500m speed skating finals 8:30 p.m.: Women’s snowboarding halfpipe 9:15...

Feb. 13, 2022, will feature Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles and the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Here’s a look at what makes the occasion so special.

It’s Day 3 of competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and Team USA is skating, skiing and snowboarding today. The full schedule for Monday, Feb. 7 can be found here and includes these highlighted Winter Olympics events (all times ET): 8:05 a.m: Women’s singles luge prelims 11 a.m.: Mixed team ski jumping 8:15 p.m.: Men’s singles figure skating 9…

It’s Day 3 of competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and Team USA is skating, skiing and curling today. The full schedule for Sunday, Feb. 6 can be found here and includes these highlighted Winter Olympics events (all times ET): 8:10 a.m: Hockey (U.S. women vs Switzerland ) 10 a.m.: Men’s singles luge finals 8:05 p.m.: Mixed doubles curling…

What’s an Olympic gold medal from the 2022 Winter Olympics worth? It’s priceless, of course, but it also happens to be worth at least $750 at current metal prices. IOC regulations are generally understood to require that Olympics gold medals contain at least 92.5% silver, plated with at least 6 grams of gold. Assuming the Beijing Olympics gold medals are…

During the last Winter Games, North Korea basked in the global limelight in South Korea.

Nearly 80% of U.S. athletes at the Tokyo Olympics shared a common attribute (beside their insane athleticism): They all starred on NCAA teams first.   But there’s concern that recent changes within college athletics could lead to widespread cuts to programs that train future Olympians but aren’t as self-sustaining as football or basketball, typically the only programs that generate profits....

Figure skating makes its debut at the 2022 Winter Olympics tonight. Here’s how to watch the event live on TV and where to stream it online.

Photos show the state of abandoned Olympics venues months and years after their use.

The U.S. chose Nathan Chen, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue and Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier to compete in the Olympic team event.

Almost 80% of U.S. athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics came from NCAA programs. But with college sports business models changing in recent years, teams that don’t generate as much revenue as football and men’s basketball are at risk of being axed. NBCLX storyteller Noah Pransky breaks down the reasons behind this shift and what it could mean...

Before Olympic competition gets underway, here are a few fun facts involving numbers for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Games.