Not only do the Games put the nation in the spotlight, but they also drive tourism, create jobs, and lead to the development ...

13:02 Inventive acrobats have dived into a swimming pool in Siberia's Novosibirsk - to "skate" on the bottom in support of Russia's Winter Olympics figure skating team in Sochi. (C) InMar ...

That's impressive in itself, but what's more impressive is that Sochi is a Winter Olympics, generally the cheaper variety of games. Sochi is almost three times the cost of the next most expensive ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The Sochi Winter Olympics, due to start February 7th, are already the most expensive Olympics ever. Their estimated cost, at a cool $51 billion, is even more than than Beijing's enormous 2008 ...

A month ago, we witnessed the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, a 19-day sporting marvel where athletes from all corners ...

Freeskiing is indeed a younger Olympic discipline. Slopestyle and halfpipe first appeared during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics (skiing big air debuted later in 2022), meaning there's been slightly ...

Sidney Crosby, captain of NHL side Pittsburgh Penguins, scored during the gold medal game at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics The National Hockey League will send players to the Winter Olympics in ...

“Sport is a symbol of hope and of peace, which are sadly in short supply in our world today,” Grandi, Vice-Chair of the ...

AERIAL skier Laura Peel isn’t a household name like Winter Olympic gold medallist Lydia ... may be Australia’s best chance of gold in Sochi, but a precocious Sydney schoolboy lurks as an ...

Cocomo (Coco) Murase has really started her season off with a bang. After winning first place in the Women's Snowboard ...