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Angela Ruggiero, a four-time U.S. Olympic defenseman, told her U.S. national team teammates that she is retiring as an active player.

In his past experience, the Olympic Games have represented pain, drama and confusion for Max Jaben. In 2012, though, he’s hoping the Olympic Games represent something different: Redemption. Jaben, an American-born swimmer, was just weeks from representing Israel at the 2008…

Is our modern-day sports obsession rooted in the ancient Olympic Games? That’s what author Tony Perrottet argues in his 2004 book, titled Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games. “As if it weren’t enough for the ancient Greeks to have established the…

The London Games of 1948 demonstrate how austerity can be turned into a sporting triumph, writes Boris Johnson.

Partygoers at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay can get a special digital welcome to the start of Olympic and Paralympic year.

Dugald Stermer, who served as art director of the left-leaning magazine Ramparts and redesigned the Olympic medals for the 1984 Los Angeles games, has died. He was 74.

Midlothian’s Provost wants huge Olympic rings mounted on the side of a Pentland Hill beside Britain’s longest dry ski slope.

After the 2008 Beijing Olympics we lost baseball and softball as Olympic sports. In the 2012 London Olympics we will see women’s boxing make its Olympic debut. The 2016 Rio Olympics will see golf return as an event. With this change in Olympic venues, there are many other sports…

It’s an Olympic party venue fit for a king — or even Russian sporting authorities.