IOC recognizes scandal-hit Japanese Olym...

TOKYO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recognized that president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, has resigned as an IOC member, Japan's public

First Olympic women’s aerials champion C...

Lina Cheryazova, the first woman to win an Olympic aerials skiing gold medal, has died. She was 50. Officials in the Russian city of Novosibirsk, where Cheryazova was living for the last two decades,

Olympic champion Ye dominates women's 20...

QINGDAO, China, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Ye Shiwen won the gold medal of the women's 200m individual medley with ease in two minutes and 9.24 seconds at the National Swimming Championshi

Olympic bronze medalist skater Gao Tingy...

CHANGCHUN, March 22 (Xinhua) -- PyeongChang Olympic bronze medalist Gao Tingyu flexed his muscles in front of other top Chinese skaters at the 2019 National Championships as he finished first in both

Tokyo unveils 2020 Olympic torch with ch...

TOKYO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The 2020 Tokyo Olympic committee unveiled the official relay torch for the Games today, featuring Japan's iconic cherry blossoms. The unveiling came exactly one year befor

Japan's corruption-linked Olympic chief ...

TOKYO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Tsunekazu Takeda on Tuesday said he would resign from both that post and as a member of the International Olympic Com

Japan's corruption-linked Olympic chief ...

TOKYO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) on Tuesday said he would resign as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member when his term ends in June. During

Japan's corruption-linked Olympic chief ...

The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) marketing chair, resigned from both posts, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Tuesday. Tsunekazu Takeda,

Cautious Kenya U-23 team faces Sudan in ...

NAIROBI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Under-23 team reignited their campaign to win Olympic tickets when they play Sudan away in Khartoum on Wednesday. It's the first of the two-legged clash of the A

Olympic champ Kiprotich eyes third time ...

NAIROBI, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champions Stephen Kiprotich is the new addition to the Hamburg Marathon, which will be held on April 28. Kiprotich, the London 2012 Olympic marathon champion and