Olympics

Vladyslav Heraskevych, a Ukrainian skeleton athlete, holds the helmet that led to his disqualification from the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, at a press conference at the Ukrainian General Consulate in Milan on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. The IOCÕs decision to disqualify Heraskevych over his helmet honoring countrymen killed in the war with Russia touched off the biggest crisis of the Games in Italy. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)

Zelensky slams IOC decision to ban sledder over protest

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said decision to ban skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych plays “into the hands of aggressors”.

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Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid has apologised to his team for his public confession of infidelity.

Disgraced medallist has brutal team meeting after cheating bomb

The Norwegian has now revealed what he told his mates in the wake of his astonishing public confession.

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A trio of Australian Olympic champions: Cooper Woods with Alisa Camplin and Jessica Fox. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Fox presents medal from one Olympic champion to another

Australia's newest Olympic champion Cooper Woods says it was special for canoe great Jessica Fox to present his gold medal after winning the moguls event.

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Australia's Cooper Woods has won Olympic gold in the men's moguls at Livigno.

Moguls master Woods snatches gold medal for Australia

Australia has won their first medal of this Winter Olympics and done so in style with Cooper Woods taking gold in the men's moguls with a superb run at Livigno.

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Kirsty Coventry was unable to change Vladyslav Heraskevych’s mind.

Heartbreak as Olympic medal contender banned minutes before race

Even the IOC president was in tears after waiting for the athlete to arrive for one last conversation.

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Sturla Holm Laegreid was in tears after winning bronze.

Ex-girlfriend speaks out after Olympic medallist’s shock affair confession

The heartbroken woman thrust into the global spotlight has issued a statement as her ex issues another apology.

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Jakara Anthony was left devastated after her last moguls run went wrong in the Olympic final. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Devastated Aussie champion reveals how gold medal fail unfolded

Freestyle skiing great Jakara Anthony, Australia's biggest medal hope, has sensationally missed out on the medals in defence of her Olympic moguls title.

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Olympic medalist makes shock confession after winning bronze.

Olympic bronze winner makes a shocking cheating admission

The Norwegian biathlete’s Olympic medal run was overshadowed by an emotional live confession.

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Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Australian flag bearers Jakara Anthony pose with the team.

Indra the fearless face of new horizons for Aussie sport

The Winter Olympics may not be where Australia built its sporting identity, but it’s fast becoming a place where we’re building something new.

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Valentino Guseli has qualified for the big air final.

Aussie in disbelief after ‘crazy’ moment at Winter Olympics

The young gun only found out he was competing hours before the event got underway.

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The IOC is set for its first major shift under new president Kirsty Coventry.

Transgender women set to be banned from Olympics

A ‘scientific, factual and unemotional’ presentation has set the stage for the major shift.

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Ariarne Titmus hugs father Steve during the Australian Olympic Games athletes charter flight arrival at Sydney.

Rivals’ response to Titmus retirement speaks to her legacy

According to her proud father, the words of admiration and congratulations from Ariarne Titmus’ biggest adversaries epitomise the competitor she was in the pool and the human she was out of the water.

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Mariafe Artacho del Solar has welcomed her first child into the world.

Aussie Olympic hero announces birth of ‘darling’ first child

Other Australian champions were quick to celebrate the ‘beautiful’ news.

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A site of Indigenous significance at Brisbane's Victoria Park is at risk, an Aboriginal group says.

Indigenous group in bid to halt Olympic stadium build

Plans to convert a park into the 2032 Olympic centrepiece are facing legal action from an Indigenous group who say it will damage a significant cultural site.

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The NRL is making bid to be included in the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.

Major Aussie sport makes compelling case for Olympic berth

The code’s powerbrokers have wooed the 2032 Brisbane Games committee with ‘a staggering set of statistics’ to prove its global reach.

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