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The Associated Press is naming and shaming majority-white European nations competing in the Winter Olympics for their ...

Athletes from around the world are in the Italian Alps for the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday – including 13 ...

The Olympic Games have historically rejected Black athletes based on race, banned them for protesting, disqualified them for ...

Its entire contingent is one athlete: Aruwin Salehhuddin, a 21-year-old Alpine skier. At the opening ceremony, she alone ...

The lack of athletes of color at the Winter Olympics — and in winter sports in general — has been a recurring theme in the U.S., which is sending one of its most diverse teams to the Games. It hasn’t ...

The Winter Games of Milan Cortina d’Ampezzo formally kicked off Friday with the start of the opening ceremonies.

African Nations Make Winter Olympic History Record 15 athletes from eight countries compete despite high costs and logistical barriers ...

These athletes may not have won medals, but they won the hearts of Canadians who cheered them on, watched them represent ...

Over six decades since an African nation made its Winter Olympics debut, the continent's first medal remains elusive. Can any of the eight in Milan-Cortina achieve medal success?

South Africa are set to be the best-represented African country at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics (Feb. 6-22), with ...