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Olympic and Paralympic medals for 2026 revealed in Venice

The official medals for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were unveiled in Venice on Tuesday, carried by boat to the Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal.

16 July 2025

Design

Why have more than 100 athletes returned their Paris Olympic medals?

The Paris Olympic medals haven't aged well for some athletes, leading to apologies, blame-shifting, and several reputations at stake...

22 January 2025

Europe News

Biden honours Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

It's the only time President Biden, who is a Catholic, has presented the honour with distinction during his presidency.

12 January 2025

Culture news

Denzel Washington and Ralph Lauren receive Medal of Freedom from Biden

President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.

6 January 2025

Sport

Was government spending on sports linked to success at Paris Olympics?

Euronews conducted a statistical analysis to explore the potential link between the number of medals won at the Paris 2024 Olympics and the government spending and employment rates in sports across Europe.

28 August 2024

Sport

Paris Olympics final medal table: US finishes first ahead of China

The US and China won the same amount of golds but the US scooped more medals overall, finishing first for the fourth consecutive Olympics.

29 July 2024

Sport

120 years of Olympic history: Who won the most medals in Olympic Games

As we count down to the beginning of this year's Olympics in Paris, here are the facts and figures on the most successful nations in the Games' history.

22 July 2024

Design

Do Paris Olympics medals really contain pieces of the Eiffel Tower?

2024 Paris medalists will take a bit of France and its iconic landmark home with them. And it's legit pieces of the Eiffel Tower, in case you were wondering...

8 February 2024

Belarus

Medal won by exiled Belarusian sprinter auctioned to support athletes

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's silver medal from the 2019 European Games was sold for €17,800 on eBay to a collector from the United States.

27 August 2021