SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared the Winter Olympics open at a superlative-filled opening ceremony in Sochi. More than with most games, these Olympics are closely ...

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The Sochi Winter Games set records in competitor numbers, medals awarded and quality of venues, keeping athletes happy and proving critics wrong, said International Olympic ...

It’s still balmy in London, but Dmitry Chernyshenko has ice and snow on his mind. Chernyshenko, the president and chief executive of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, has been in London ...

SUNY Cortland’s Clark Center for International Education will shed light on the implications of this year’s Winter Olympic Games by leading a panel discussion Monday, Feb. 10, on Vladimir Putin’s ...

With its opening ceremonies Friday evening, the XXII Winter Olympic Games kicked off in Sochi, Russia under a cloud of negative media attention. Yet for all of the seeming deficiencies in the game’s ...

— -- Even if the Olympics are your favorite sporting event, bar none, a nagging thought has been hard to tamp down in the past few days amid the steady thrum of downbeat news swirling around the ...

(Reuters) - Figure skater Ashley Wagner, who was gifted a spot on the U.S. Olympic team despite an error-strewn national championships, is changing her troublesome long program in a bid to boost her ...

A top Russian official said Thursday that the threat of a terror attack at the Sochi Winter Olympics is no greater than anywhere else in the world. “There is no ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is blaming early criticism of the Sochi Winter Games on a lingering Western, anti-Russian mentality dating back to the Cold War. In a televised Tuesday address, Putin ...

The Sochi Winter Games Opening Ceremonies start at 11 a.m. on Friday, EST, or 8 p.m. Sochi time. But Americans won't be able to watch the games until 7:30 p.m., when NBC broadcasts their pre-taped ...

Ski Halfpipe is a thing now? Feb. 4, 2014— -- More than 190 million people worldwide are expected to tune into the Sochi Winter Olympics. With more than 15 sports, 98 medal events and 85 hours of ...