A Ukrainian athlete could face disciplinary action over a helmet commemorating athletes killed in the war with Russia.

Ukraine’s sports minister has decried a potential softening of restrictions against Russian athletes where they might ultimately be able to compete in the future under their national flag rather than as “Individual Neutral Athletes.

Ukrainian artist Iryna Prots watches the Winter Olympics in the rare moments she has power at home, but the creator of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's banned helmet depicting Ukraine's war dead feels detached from the Games.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, mark a historic moment for the Games. Not only because Italy is hosting for the first time since Torino 2006, but because these Olympics will be taking place in multiple locations, with venues scattered across the Italian Alps and Dolomites.

World Sports Amanda Davies catches up with Ukraine’s Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi As it stands, those with a Russian and Belarusian passport may only compete as individual neutral athletes (AINs) at next year’s Winter Games, with each separate case ...

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Young athletes in northern Ukraine spend their days cross-country skiing through a scorched forest, focused on their form — until a siren inevitably shatters the silence. Has figure skating reached the limits of human performance?