Winter sports

Thailand's Chanloung cross-country siblings return home for 2026 Winter Games

Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 10 km Classical - Asian Winter Games - Shirahatayama Open Stadium, Sapporo, Japan - 23/02/17- Thailand's Mark Chanloung in action. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan’s Olympic ice icons inspire new skating generation

Flower girls race on the ice to collect tens of yellow Winnie-the-Pooh bears thrown on the ice after Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan competed during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games.

Alpine skiing-Italy's ski team to pay tribute to victims of Crans Montana fire

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the \"Le Constellation\" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 6, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Snowmakers feel the heat as climate change tests Milano-Cortina Winter Games

FILE PHOTO: TechnoAlpin snow cannons are pictured in action in Bormio, which will host the men's alpine skiing competition during the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games 2026, in Bormio, Italy, January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom title for record ninth time

American winner Mikaela Shiffrin reacts as she celebrates with her team after the Women's slalom event of FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic on Jan 25, 2026.

American Josh Hoey breaks 800m indoor world record in Boston

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Indoor Championships - Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China - March 22, 2025 Josh Hoey of the U.S. in action during the men's 800m semi-final - heat 1 REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Saudi Arabia postpones 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM

2029 Asian Winter Games in Saudi Arabia postponed

The design plan for Trojena, an area in Saudi Arabia's planned megacity of Neom which has been chosen to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games. The event has since been postponed to a later date, the Olympic Council of Asia and the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee announced in a joint statement on Jan 24.

Mexico’s cross-country skier Allan Corona defies odds to qualify for Winter Olympic Games

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and athletes (from left) Allan Corona, Sarah Schleper, Donovan Carrillo and Regina Martinez singing the national anthem at the flag-raising ceremony for the Mexican delegation that will participate in the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, after her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Jan 12, 2026.

Dispersed Winter Olympics sites ‘have added complexity’: IOC president Kirsty Coventry

International Olympic Committee president (IOC) Kirsty Coventry said one effect of the geographical spread of the Winter Olympic sites was that Olympic host broadcasting teams had been scattered and could not help in other venues that were too far away.

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