A joint statement says the two Koreas agreed to establish buffer zones along their land and sea borders to reduce military tensions and prevent accidental clashes. The statement signed by the countries’ defense chiefs also says the Koreas agreed to withdraw 11 guard posts from the Demilitarized Zone by December with the aim of removing them eventually.

Rembmering Soviet Maria Gorokhovskaya at the Helsinki 1952 Olympics, where she won silver on uneven bars.

The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The organising committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and the Tokyo metropolitan government are planning to use a facial recognition system during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, sources said.

Homage to Vera Caslavska, the first gymnast to score a 10 in International competition in 1967, 9 years before Nadia Comaneci.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday apologized to the country's Olympic athletes and asked them to forgive authorities for failing to protect them from the doping scandal. Putin made the remarks during a meeting with Russian athletes who will participate in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month, telling them sporting victories are difficult to achieve when politics are involved.

A decision to overturn the Olympic life bans of 28 Russian athletes "may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping", says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) overturned the IOC suspensions - for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics - partially upholding 11 other appeals.

A pair of smiling North Korean skaters carried out lifts, death spirals and other difficult moves during practices ahead of the Winter Olympics, drawing applause from South Korean spectators at Gangneung Ice Arena on Saturday. The duo, Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik, is the focus of intense media attention as they were the only North Korean athletes who were initially qualified to compete in the Pyeongchang Games before their Olympic committee missed a confirmation deadline.

The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have not even begun yet but there is already a big loser if you ask environmentalists: a "sacred" South Korean forest razed to accommodate a new competitive ski complex. Thousands of trees came down from the slopes of Mount Gariwang in the northeastern province of Gangwon to make room for the new Jeongseon Alpine Center. Despite the event organizers' assurances that trees would be replaced once the games are complete, opponents remain skeptical.

Winter Olympics security guards had to throw US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un out of the Opening Ceremony on Friday.

Dutch fans attending the 2018 Winter Olympics took a shot at U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday. The Netherlands’ Carlijn Achtereekte, Ireen Wust and Antoinette De Jong scored the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively in the women’s 3,000-meter speed skating event in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Hosting the Olympics could be seen as an opportunity to upgrade the country's infrastructure or bring in more tourists from all over the globe. However, the event comes with a hefty price tag, as Korea has spent 13 billion dollars to host the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics including $1.5 billion in erecting state-of-the-art stadia used for the 17-day sporting event.

After a historic performance at the Olympics, some Norwegians fret that they dominate their favorite sport so much that they are ruining it.

Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee has confirmed that 87% of the plywood panels used to build its new national stadium come from southeast Asian rainforests. But the timber cannot be traced back to its original source under the committees’s certification protocols, which have been censured by campaigners for a lack of due diligence.

Despite Russia’s disappointing gold medal haul and all the drama that came with a doping scandal, Russian athletes that competed at the 2018 Winter Olympic games were given a heroes welcome which included the obligatory media news rounds, special greetings and medals from the Russian Prime Minister and President himself, Vladimir Putin, and 46 BMW Crossovers for medalists. Yes, each and every medalist got to take home a BMW Crossover with keys presented by Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Even as the sport’s top athletes compete for gold at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, a scientific mystery remains unsolved.

North Korea will take part in the next two Olympic Games in Japan and China, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.

Team GB's Olympic hero Mo Farah's two gold medals could not prevent him being held by US customs officials on suspicion of terrorism as he returned home to Portland, Oregon for Christmas.

Amazing shot of this eruption!

A Russian lawmaker has said the ‘gay propaganda’ law will remain enforced during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014. Vitaly Milonov, co-sponsor of the ‘non-traditional relationships’ bill, said the government cannot decide when to selectively enforce the law.

Three months before Russia’s parliament unanimously passed a federal law banning the propaganda of “non-traditional relationships” — that is, same-sex ones — the bill’s sponsor went on the country’s most respected interview show to explain her reasoning.

Local authorities in Russia have allegedly harassed activists and journalists critical of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims. The human rights organization stated in a report that, beginning in 2008, it has documented efforts by the government to intimidate those speaking out on, among other things, the effects of Olympic venue construction on the environment and locals' health.

Gay Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir has said that he does not plan to campaign for LGBT rights or even openly kiss his Russian-born husband at the games in Sochi, but that he is prepared to be arrested by Russian authorities. The flamboyant athlete and reality TV star told CBS News that he is uncertain whether he will even be allowed into the country to compete.

Valerie Grand'Maison of Montreal won Canada's first gold medal at the Paralympic swimming world championships, taking the women's 100-metre butterfly in the visually impaired category in Montreal.

No flashes of lightning like last weekend nor any sparkling new world record to accompany the great man in the Luzhniki Stadium this time but Usain Bolt still illuminates the track above all others as he added world title No 7, this time over 200 metres, to his matchless CV here in Moscow.

Russian legislators have said they will enforce new anti-gay laws during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but the ancient athletic games started out as little more than a gigantic festival of homoerotic excess.

Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter widely regarded as the fastest man alive, says he's thinking about hanging up his running shoes after the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

At 64, Yasuo Hazaki admits he may no longer have the speed of an Olympic athlete, but guile is as important an attribute in his chosen sport - competitive hide-and-seek - and he is lobbying for it be included in the 2020 Games.

TO TRIUMPHANT shouts of “banzai!” it was announced on September 7th that Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympic games. The city fended off not-especially-stiff...

Athletes and spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February will face some of the most invasive and systematic spying and surveillance in the history of the Games, documents shared with the Guardian show.

The best thing you can say about Canada’s 2014 Olympic hockey jerseys is that they’re not the United States’ 2014 Olympic hockey jerseys. Team Canada’s uniforms were officially unveiled Tuesday, four months before the Winter Olympics open in Sochi. The reactions up north have been lukewarm, to say the least.

Russia on Friday said it did not have confirmation of a single country boycotting next year’s Sochi Winter Olympics despite a furore over an anti-gay law and vowed to hold one of the best Games ever. Speaking to the Russian lower house of parliament, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that no country had definitely announced a boycott.

Ahead of the Sochi Olympics in February, Russia is taking saliva samples from religiously conservative Muslim women, according to locals in the North Caucasus, gathering DNA so authorities