Japan Monday marked three years before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with celebrations and fanfare -- even as organisers struggle to contain soaring costs and restore credibility.
Japan Monday marked three years before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with celebrations and fanfare -- even as organisers struggle to contain soaring costs and restore credibility.
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ESPNhaschosenMichelleObamatohelpposthumouslyhonorSpecialOlympicsfounderEuniceKennedyShriver.TheformerfirstladyispresentingtheArthurAsheCourageAwardtoShriver’sso
TheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)ExecutiveBoardonMondayapprovedthecandidaturesofChina'sOlympicskatingchampionZhangHongfortheIOCAthletes’Commissionelections,
IOCPresidentThomasBachandSouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-InwillnextweekdiscussthepossibilityofjointKoreanteamscompetingatnextyear'sPyeongchangWinterOlympicGames,the
Taeyang, a member of the popular K-pop boy band BIGBANG, was appointed as an honorary ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday.
Taeyang,amemberofthepopularK-popboybandBIGBANG,wasappointedasanhonoraryambassadorforthe2018PyeongChangWinterOlympicsonWednesday.BIGBANG'sTaeyangholdsupacardshow
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ChineseOlympicCommitteeconfirmedonSundaythatthefemaleChinesemodernpentathleteChenQianhasbeentemporarilysuspendedfromfuturecontestsafterfailingadopingtest,withhe
Afederalprosecutorlookingintolastyear’sRiodeJaneiroOlympicssaysthatmanyofthevenues“arewhiteelephants”thatwerebuiltwith“noplanning.”ThescathingreportofferedMonda
An art camp will open this Friday in PyeongChang, the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics, for students from warm, developing countries who are unable to experience winter sports first hand, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Tuesday.
Donald Trump may have given his unequivocal support to Los Angeles's bid for the 2024 Olympics but the tumultuous first few weeks of his presidency have dealt a blow to the city's hopes of staging the games, analysts say.
President Xi Jinping urged organizers on Monday to host an extraordinary Winter Olympics in 2022 through rational planning and economic use of resources.
Chang Guangchun seldom sees foreigners in her village, but started learning English two years ago.
In the next few days, APD would like to take you through the turbulent 2016. We will be presenting stories of a wide range of people – some of them are big shots who have driven major shifts in world order, and others are ordinary folks whose lives have been changed by the dramatic events that occurred this year.
The International Olympic Committee's press commission on Saturday mourned its Chinese member Gao Dianmin, who died on Friday while attending an Olympic meeting in PyeongChang.