Tall and athletic, Kirvesniemi was born into a family of cross-country skiers and raised on a farm in Simpele, near Finland’s ...

Veli Saarinen was already a high-profile figure in the world of cross-country skiing when he was selected for the Finnish ...

The awarding of the 2016 Games to Rio de Janeiro accelerated several public policies and private projects that resulted in ...

Turning 35 years old mere hours before her latest test against the clock, the reigning world champion refused to relinquish ...

The Olympic Flame has moved on to northern England following its hugely successful seven-day journey around Scotland, which ...

Kozyreva got her team off to a great start, covering her 5km leg in 22:58 and building up a 24-second lead for Kolchina to defend. Hietamies, skiing the second leg for Finland, put in a fine ...

Maipú (Chile), Nouakchott (Mauritania) and Toronto (Canada) have been selected to receive funding to develop sport-based ...

Every gold medal from the Asian Games gymnastics competition in Nagoya – 14 titles across five days, with Carlos Yulo, ...

India's Asian Games 2026 schedule for today, Monday, September 21, includes kabaddi, shooting, hockey and table tennis. Know ...

Team Philippines will be represented by its largest contingent at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in more than 30 ...

PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma won in straight games as India beat Kazakhstan 3-0 to reach the Asian Games 2026 ...

The People's Republic of China have secured the women's team gold medal for 13 straight Asian Games and counting. Hosts Japan ...