TEHRAN, Jan 19 -Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot, winner of a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, announced that doctors diagnosed him with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
TEHRAN, Jan 15 -The head of Japan’s Olympic Committee confirmed on Tuesday that he was questioned by French authorities in December but repeated his denial there was anything improper involved in Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Games and vowed to prove his innocence.
TEHRAN, June 03 - Iranian Paralympic shooter Sareh Javanmardi has been shortlisted for the title of the Allianz Athlete of the Month for May 2018, following her sparkling performances at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
TEHRAN, April 12 - Iranian swimmers have delivered outstanding performances at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games swimming qualifying event in Thailand, and received 14 medals at the tournament.
TEHRAN, MARCH 1-US Olympic Committee (USOC) CEO Scott Blackmun has stepped down from his post, citing ongoing health issues. His resignation takes place amidst the ongoing scandal of the USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar.
TEHRAN, February 10- North and South Koreans marching together under a unified peninsula flag gave Thomas Bach goosebumps, the International Olympic Committee president told Reuters on Saturday.
TEHRAN, January 22 -Small but vocal groups of South Korean demonstrators on Monday protested North Korea’s participation in next month’s Winter Olympics, as a delegation of North Korean officials led by star singer Hyon Song-wol visited Seoul and inspected Games’ venues.
TEHRAN, November 20 -Team USA fencer and Rio 2016 bronze medalist, Ibtihaj Muhammad – the first American to wear a hijab in an Olympic Games – has designed the first Barbie doll to feature the Muslim headgear.
TEHRAN, October 13- A Japanese sports official promised on Friday to work with the builder of a showpiece stadium for the 2020 Olympics to stamp out “death by overwork”, a designation authorities applied last week to the suicide of a stadium worker.
The United States is ready to assist Russia if necessary to ensure security at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Friday.
Japan's triple gold medallist Saori Yoshida has vowed wrestling's Olympic reprieve for the Tokyo Games will spur her on to glory in 2020, even though she will be 37.