IOC president Thomas Bach

Pyeongchang 2018 Games torch lit in ancient Olympia

The run-up to the Feb. 9-25 Olympics has been overshadowed by the escalating crisis on the Korean peninsula triggered by North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile tests.

Oct 24, 2017, 18:09 PM IST

Olympics: IOC mulls `options` as Russia made to wait on Rio fate

The IOC said Tuesday it would study "legal options" before deciding whether to ban Russia from the Rio Games and barred sports minister Vitaly Mutko, acting on a bombshell report detailing rampant state-run doping.

Jul 20, 2016, 09:39 AM IST