olympics

By Alexander Smith MARSEILLE, France, Aug 9 (Reuters) – In a darkened room below the ship-like “bridge” where race officials look

TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti, July 25 (Reuters) – Olympic surfers based in Tahiti will miss out on the spectacle of the Games’ opening

MARSEILLE, France, May 8 (Reuters) – The Olympic flame reached Marseille, just outside the Old Port, amid tight

ATHENS, April 27 (Reuters) – The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint

By Nayla Razzouk (Bloomberg) –A million tons of grains shipped along the Seine River are set to reach their destination this summer — despite a

By Hyonhee Shin and Elaine Lies SEOUL/MUKHO PORT, Feb 6 (Reuters) – A North Korean ferry arrived in South Korea on Tuesday carrying a 140-strong

This Irish commentator has absolutely no idea about sailing (heck, I’m not sure this guy could pilot a kayak) but he tries to narrate the Olympic

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – U.S. Olympic Team sailor Caleb Paine (San Diego, Calif.) has won a bronze medal in the Finn class, the Men’s Heavyweight Dinghy.

To minimize distractions and mitigate security concerns generated by the high profile of its star athletes, USA Basketball has been placing players

By Justin Bachman (Bloomberg) Some Olympic athletes seem to be super-human, while others aren’t human at all. In Rio de Janeiro this week, more than 300

The United States Navy frigate USS Taylor is being inspected for damage today after running aground last week in the Black Sea off Samsun, Turkey.

(Bloomberg) — Superyachts equipped with helipads and submarines have joined Britain’s biggest warship, more than a dozen tall ships and cruise

In spirit of the 2008 Olympics that kicked off today in Beijing, I came across this interesting article from The Economic Times explaining how this years