The skeleton racer failed in his bid to compete at the Winter Games. Vladislav Heraskevych lost an appeal to the CAS after the IOC banned him from competing with a helmet featuring the names of killed Ukrainian athletes.

Thirteen athletes from Russia will compete in Italy, but they will do so without flags, anthems or a place in the medal standings.

Russia officially is banned from the 2026 Winter Olympics, but 13 athletes have qualified to compete as "neutral'' athletes. Here's how that works.

A Winter Olympian has been banned from wearing an anti-Russia helmet with images of Ukraine war victims. Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was told by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) he could not compete wearing the controversial helmet.

Every time Nikita Filippov races, it's an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so. The 23-year-old from Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is a medal contender in the rugged new Olympic sport of ski mountaineering.

BBC Sport finds evidence raising questions over the neutral eligibility of four Russian athletes.

Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin launched Europe’s deadliest war since World War II, Russia remains banned by the IOC although individual Russians can compete in the Olympics as

After a chaotic winter, a handful of Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed pathways to qualify for Milan Cortina.

Recap the latest on the Ukraine war - after Sky's defence editor Deborah Haynes hosted a panel on Ukraine's future at the Munich Security Conference, featuring the British and Ukrainian foreign ministers.

At the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York, that superpower rivalry was on full display on the ice. The U.S. men’s ice hockey team — made up largely of college players and amateurs — faced off against the Soviet squad, a battle-hardened, gold medal-winning machine. The Americans weren’t supposed to stand a chance.

Beating the Americans will feel even sweeter for the U.S.' top allies.