In the days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) arranged a call involving all of its eclectic membership. The 100 or so IOC members include a ...

Russian athletes at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan will be barred from competing for the Kremlin — no matter what. Even if a peace deal is reached with invaded neighbor Ukraine, Russian ...

For nearly a decade, Russian athletes have been prohibited from competing under the nation's name or flag at the Olympics, and that will be the case once again at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. In ...

An Individual Neutral Athlete, gold medallist Ivan Litvinovich from Belarus, celebrates on the podium during the victory ceremony of the Men's Trampoline Gymnastics final of the Paris 2024 Olympic ...

Alexander Ovechkin barely finished his jubilant belly slide across the ice last April before the Russian propaganda machine started revving up. The Kremlin seized the chance to portray a milestone ...

Viewers of the 2026 Winter Olympics will not see Russian or Belarusian flags as both countries' Olympic teams remain under sanctions imposed due to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. That does not mean, ...

Military history offers a clear warning about the logistical challenges of conducting large-scale offensive operations in Eastern Europe during the winter, a lesson learned repeatedly at great cost.