Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 07:11
An Islamic militant group in Russia`s North Caucasus claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd last month and posted a video threatening to strike the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 02:23
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the Sochi Olympics will offer a chance to the world to see a new Russia.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 11:47
India`s sole luge athlete, Shiva Keshavan has qualified for the Winter Olympics to be held in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi from February 7 to 23.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 09:04
President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia will do everything it can to ensure a safe Winter Olympics without making security measures too intrusive.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 08:44
When Bernard Charles Ecclestone announced that he has stepped down from the board of the company which runs, rather controls the sport, it could well read as the end of a regime. His name has been the byword of Formula One.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 22:33
A Chechen rebel leader who vowed to disrupt the Sochi Winter Olympics is dead, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday although Russian security services did not confirm the claim.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 22:27
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said gays need not fear persecution at the Winter Olympic Games, but stood by a controversial ban on promoting homosexuality to children.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:03
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, reports said Friday, despite calls for a boycott over Russia`s anti-gay laws.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 13:14
Concerned at the alarming rise of violence against women, five-time world boxing champion and Olympic medallist Mary Kom on Thursday urged women to take up sports for self-defence and to stay fit.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 07:44
Six workers have fallen off a roof at the bobsled centre for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi when the snow they were clearing slid to the ground.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 16:15
Finland`s sports and culture minister will boycott the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month due to concerns over Russia`s human rights violations.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 16:31
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will talk about gay rights in Russia during his visit to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, he told the Dutch parliament.
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