Hundreds of athletes arriving for the Special Olympics received a rather uncomfortable welcome to Los Angeles. Around 1,500 Special Olympics...

Pussy Riot band Members have been attacked by Cossacks with batons, pepper spray and whips, as the young women attempted to perform a song ...

Elena Klimova, the journalist and creator of the "Children 404", is prosecuted under Article 6.21 of the Administrative Code (...

A Dutch snowboarder is the first athlete to protest against Russia’s anti-gay laws, at an Olympic event in Sochi yesterday. Cheryl Maas , on...

British TV station Channel 4 has made a proud statement in time for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games , beginning today. ...

An activist who has been monitoring environmental fallout from the Sochi Olympics has been jailed for five days for resisting police, appare...

Russian state-controlled media outlets, which include the nation's largest television networks and news agencies, are unlikely to air re...

In the village of Akhshtyr, residents complain about an illegal landfill operated by an Olympics contractor that has fouled the air and a st...

Dear Prime Minister, M Rogge, Lord Coe and Members of the International Olympic Committee, I write in the earnest hope that all those with ...

"Russia will enforce a new law cracking down on gay rights activism when it hosts international athletes and fans during the 2014 Olym...

Gay athletes and supporters at Russia’s 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games could face arrest under the country’s newly approved anti-gay legis...

UPDATE: Vladimir Putin has fired a top Russian Olympic official after publicly ridiculing him on a visit to facilities being built for a w...

The Russian authorities’ illegal bulldozing on a property in Sochi is a stain on the 2014 Winter Olympic Games preparations, Human Rights W...

London Mayor Boris Johnson gets to grips with the Olympic rowing, struggling to distinguish between the half way and the finish line.

You be the judge. All for the glory of the motherland with gold medals. The rigid chinese sports system has produced successes in this Olym...

Banksy’s satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti are done in a distinctive stencilling technique. ...

Most people have little idea that the origins of the Olympic flame do not lie in ancient Greece, and was instead formulated as a major part...

While the eyes of the world were on the first full day of competition at the London Olympics, a far smaller group was marking the “anti-Game...

Taking into account the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran during the 2012 Summer Games, the Olympic committee in charge of the London...