Winter Olympics

Sport

France set to host 2030 Winter Olympics, subject to conditions

The International Olympic Committee has chosen the French Alps to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, but this decision is dependent on receiving a financial guarantee from the new French government.

24/07/2024

USA

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City aimed for the 2034 Winter Games to prevent any commercial and logistical conflicts with the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

24/07/2024

Tech News

Olympic committee unveil plans on how to use AI in sports

"We are determined to exploit the vast potential of AI in a responsible way," the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in London.

19/04/2024

Sport

French Alps and Nice are surprise favourites to host Winter Olympics

The IOC's decision came at the expense of bids from Switzerland and Sweden, and another leading candidate in Japan withdrew its bid.

30/11/2023

Sweden

Stockholm becomes latest European city willing to host 2030 Olympics

Sweden has received Stockholm's city authorities' blessing to put forward a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics - which the country has never hosted.

21/11/2023

France

Is France really going to host a Winter Olympics on the Mediterranean?

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee has caused bemusement with their decision to put forward the famously sunny city of Nice as a potential host of the 2030 Winter Games.

08/11/2023

Italy

Another country to host Olympic game as Italy fails to build track

Bobsled, skeleton and luge events will be held in Austria or Switzerland instead of Italy, the official host of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

17/10/2023

Sport

Spiralling costs and melting snow: What's the Winter Olympics' future?

An increasingly hotter planet and rising costs are threatening the future of the Winter Games, as host cities struggle with a lack of investment - and of snow.

04/08/2023

France

Paris Olympics: If Russians compete, will boycott threat be effective?

Ukraine has threatened to boycott the 2024 Olympic Games if the IOC decides to let Russian and Belarusian athletes compete.

30/03/2023

World

Euronews: 2022 Review of the year in sport

Euronews takes a look back at just a few of the main sporting events of 2022 including the Beijing Olympics, the Women’s European Championship, and the tennis superstars

22/12/2022

Culture news

Italian anthem fuses pop and classical as Beijing hands over to Milan

Pop mixes with Classical to hit the right notes for Winter Olympics handover

21/02/2022

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Fireworks accompany close of Beijing Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame has been extinguished in Beijing, with fireworks filling the evening sky, marking the end of the most locked-down games in history

20/02/2022

China

Skater, 15, allowed to continue at Olympics despite failed drugs test

She is the favourite for the women’s individual gold. She tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine on 25 December.

14/02/2022

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Beijing wakes up to the city's first new snowfall of the Winter Olympics

The city of Beijing awoke to a fresh snowfall on Sunday morning. It was the first time snow has fallen on the capital since the Winter Olympics opened on February 4th.

13/02/2022

China

COVID-positive Olympians criticise conditions in quarantine hotels

The unlucky competitors who tested positive for COVID-19 are demanding that the organisers improve quarantine conditions, including the quality of meals served and access to equipment.

05/02/2022

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Tibetan exiles in India protest Winter Olympics in China

Tibetan exiles in India protest Winter Olympics in China

03/02/2022

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Finnish inventor builds ice carousels in the shape of Olympic rings ahead The Winter Games

The Finish inventor Janne Käpylehto, joined by Finnish Olympic and Parolympic athletes, builds ice carousels in the shape of the Olympic rings on a frozen lake to encourage the national athletes ahead of the Beijing Olympic games.

28/01/2022

Climate

Climate change will limit choice for Winter Olympics hosts, says study

Temperatures in previous host cities are rising meaning they could be too warm to host the Games by the mid to late century.

19/01/2022

Destinations

Swiss ski resort celebrates 100th anniversary of the slalom

The first-ever timed slalom ski race was organised in Mürren in January 1922.

15/01/2022

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New equipment centre opens for Russian Olympians

President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov on Friday attended the opening of the new equipment centre for Russian Olympians.

14/01/2022