CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wait of 45 years ended when a group of Olympians who defied pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games were recognized in the Australian Parliament on Wednesday for their ...
Australia's 1980 Olympic sailing team reunites after 45 years, reflecting on their untold story and the impact of the Moscow ...
President Thomas Bach said the Olympic Games are not about politics and must guard against becoming a "marketplace of demonstrations".
ATLANTA — Thirty-five years after his hopes for a gold medal were dashed by Jimmy Carter's boycott of the Moscow Olympics, Craig Beardsley is at peace. That doesn't mean the former world ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A contest that could define the 2024 Paris Olympics is playing out 18 months before medals are awarded. It’s giving the International Olympic Committee a political ...
I'm not sure what a boycott of the Beijing Olympics will achieve. The U.S. boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to Soviet involvement in Afghanistan did not solve anything, and a similar boycott ...