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Olympics step up anti-doping measures
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says the upcoming games will offer the most comprehensive and independent anti-doping measures in Olympic history.
South Korea steps up security at Winter Games
Thousands of soldiers and state-of-the-art security equipment are being used by South Korea to ensure safety at what it says will be the biggest-ever Winter Olympics.
Unity amid war: North Korean athletes arrive in South Korea
A delegation of North Koreans has arrived in neighbouring South Korea ready for this month's Winter Olympics.
Russian paralympics team banned from Winter Olympics in March for dopi
Some of the athletes will be invited to compete in five sports under a neutral flag.
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Meet the remarkable athlete switching sports to feed his Olympic habit
Pita Taufatofua has qualified for the Winter Olympics next month, less than two years since representing Tonga in taekwondo at the Rio Olympics.
N. Korean pop icon Hyon Song-wol leads Olympics diplomatic delegation
The former lover of Kim Jong-un who was once rumoured to have been killed, now, has a new role - to check preparations for an art troupe she also leads during next month's Winter Olympics.
22 North Korean athletes are to compete at 2018 Winter Olympics
The IOC have confirmed that North Korea will compete in three sports and five disciplines at Pyeongchang
North and South Korea are to form their first joint Olympic team.
North and South Korea say they will form a joint women's ice hockey team for next month's Pyeongchang Games.
Here's how an empty Scottish island is rocking the Winter Olympics
Every curling stone that will be used in the Pyeonchang games will be sourced from Aisla Craig, and they cost €530 a pop.
North and South Korea hold fresh talks over Winter Olympics
Officials from North and South Korea hold further talks over Pyongyang's plan to participate in next month's Winter Olympics.
North Korea will send a team to the Winter Olympics
The breakthrough came as the first official high-level talks for over two years took place in the Demilitarised Zone on Tuesday.
North Korea will 'probably' take part in Winter Games
North Korea says it “will probably participate” in next month’s Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang by sending a pair of figure skaters.
North and South Korea open a border hotline to discuss Winter Olympics
The two countries, who are technically still at war having only signed an armistice after the Korean War, could compete as a single nation in next month’s Games.
North Korea and South Korea to reopen communication channel
North Korea and South Korea plan to reopen a dedicated communication hotline. The development came after North Korea responded positively to Seoul's invitation to talk about how the two countries could cooperate on the Winter Olympic Games due to take place in South Korea later this year.
Kim Jong-un warns United States: 'I have a nuclear button on my desk'
North Korean leader declares all of the US mainland is now within range of his country's nuclear weapons.
Mutko: Olympic ban no effect on World Cup
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko who was heavily implicated in the Sochi doping scandal said that being given a lifetime Olympic ban doesn't have any impact on his current work with FIFA
Reactions vary to Russia Winter Olympic ban
Some South Koreans worry that the absence of Russia will make for a less interesting Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics ban 'part of campaign to pressure Russia'
Russia's ban from the Winter Olympics next year is part of an international campaign to pressure Moscow, it's been claimed.
IOC deliberate of Russia doping ban
The International Olympic Committee is set to decide whether to ban Russia from next year's Winter Olympics over alleged institutionalised doping
Could the 'Doping Diaries' bring down the Russian Olympics team?
Journals kept by the former chief of Russia's anti-doping lab are being used as evidence in a case that will determine the fate of the country's Winter Olympics team.