Skip to content

News
Investigations
- Waste, Fraud & Abuse
- Media Spotlight
Opinion
Sports
Special Reports
Games
Advertise

TRENDING:

national football league

jamal khashoggi

republican party

elizabeth warren

Home
Topics
The Olympics

Subscribe to this topic via RSS or ATOM Topic - The Olympics

Related Stories

Flyers to recruit volunteers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are pictured as they are distributed to passersby at a station in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. Tokyo Olympic organizers have begun their search for 80,000 unpaid volunteers to staff many of the venues when the Olympics and Paralympics open in just under two years. (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo Olympics begin search for 80,000 unpaid volunteers

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press Shares

In this Sunday Aug. 26, 2018 photo, the China eSports team play Taiwan in the eSports exhibition at the 18th Asian Games Arena of Valor, Britama Arena, Jakarta. Esports is debuting as an exhibition sport in the on-going Asian Games and is targeted for full inclusion in four years at the games in Hangzhou, China. (Dhemas Reviyanto,INASGOC via AP)

Esports into Asian Games; Could the Olympics be next?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press Shares

Between Rio and Tokyo, Paltrinieri looks for Olympic feeling

By ERIC WILLEMSEN - Associated Press Shares

Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles and host city of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games speaks during an interview at a hotel in Tokyo Wednesday, July 25, 2018. In an era when many cities are hesitant to bid for the Olympics, Garcetti is convinced his city has a winning formula to make the games a success. (AP Photo/Alessandro Libri)

Interview: Garcetti says LA can be winning Olympic model

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press Shares

Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascot &quot;Miraitowa&quot;, left, and Paralympic mascot &quot;Someity&quot;, right, and Tokyo Olympic organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori, attend at stage during their debut event in Tokyo Sunday, July 22, 2018. The official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled at a ceremony on Sunday. The two mascot designs were selected by elementary schoolchildren across Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo 2020 official mascots unveiled at ceremony

By Associated Press Shares

Olympic luger receives warm hometown welcome

By MATTHEW KNOX - Associated Press Shares

In this Saturday, April 21, 2018 photo, children compete in the Kids Race contestant cross the finish line during the Spartan Citi Field Stadium Sprint in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Obstacle course racing chases mainstream, including Olympics

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press Shares

Need for one pro league the new focus for women’s hockey

By STEPHEN WHYNO AND JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press Shares

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, file photo, gondolas make their way through a thinned forest up the ski slope which would be the venue for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics at the Jeongseon Alpine Center in Jeongseon, South Korea. With the Olympic Games coming to a close, one of the main questions facing South Korea and the consequences of hosting an expensive sports event is the future of the scenic Jeongseon Alpine Center, which was built in a formerly government-protected area where some 60,000 trees were razed. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

After Olympics, South Korea mulls reviving bulldozed forest

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press Shares

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2018 file photo, Canada's skip Kevin Koe uses his broom to clean the stone during the men's curling match against Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Koe, works full time as a surface landman for an oil and gas company, liaising with landowners and farmers. He often finds himself working even while on the road for curling competitions, making calls and answering emails in between matches so he can stay on top of things. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Most Olympians will never get rich, and that’s OK with them

By KRISTEN GELINEAU - Associated Press Shares

Ivanka Trump attended the Olympics closing ceremonies with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook. (Associated Press)

U.S. reacts with cautious optimism to North Korea’s offer to talk after Olympics

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times Shares

Vic Wild finds much different welcome at these Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press Shares

Kim Eun-jung, of South Korea, throws during their women's curling final in the Gangneung Curling Centre at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The Latest: Bach hails Koreas cooperation at Olympics

By Associated Press Shares

United States' skip John Shuster reacts after defeating Canada during the men's curling semi-final match at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. United States won. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

American curlers go from ‘Team of Rejects’ to Olympic medals

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press Shares

In this Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, image, team South Korea with Kim Bo-reum, front, Park Ji Woo, in second position, and Noh Seon-yeong, in last position, compete in the women's team pursuit speedskating race for seventh and eight place at the Gangneung Oval at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Kim and Park came under criticism in their home country being accused of a lack of team spirit as they left Noh trailing 4 seconds behind and failed to comfort her after the race. More than 566,000 people have signed the online petition to South Korea's presidential office to expel skaters Kim Bo-reum and Park Ji-woo from the South Korean national skating team. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

South Koreans call for skaters to be booted from games

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press Shares

Photos

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, people hold up placards against the Olympic Games coming to Boston, during the first public forum regarding the city's 2024 Olympic bid, in Boston. Boston's mayor delivered a harsh blow to the city's effort to host the 2024 Olympics on Monday, July 27, 2015, when he declared he wouldn't sign any document &quot;that puts one dollar of taxpayer money on the line for one penny of overruns on the Olympics.&quot; That document is the host city contract that most in the Olympics consider crucial to any city's success. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Sign Up For Breaking News Alerts

Breaking News AlertsEnter your email address:

Most Popular

Elizabeth Warren may be less Native American than average U.S. white person

Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and their shocking mocking of Tucker Carlson

Ted Wheeler, Portland mayor, stands by decision to allow Antifa to block traffic

Hillary Clinton, Glenn Simpson anti-Trump conspiracy investigation deepens

Trump sees federal deficit soar in first full year

Melania Trump spox calls for T.I. boycott over 'disgusting' video sexualizing first lady

St. Louis woman fired after video of her blocking black man from his apartment goes viral

Former Obama campaign manager complains about Sen. Elizabeth Warren's DNA test

Rachel McKinnon, transgender cyclist, calls out 'bigots' after winning female world championship

Joy Behar of 'The View' blasts Hillary Clinton's 'whataboutism' on #MeToo, Monica Lewinsky questions

Commentary

staff

Charles Hurt

Forget, Hell! Trump wades into Civil War

staff

Robert Knight

Deep state conservatives

staff

Ralph Z. Hallow

Gingrich can represent Trump foreign policy at the U.N. like nobody else

staff

Cheryl K. Chumley

Amazon’s sexist A.I. reveals broader weaknesses of technology

staff

Wesley Pruden

Lurid tales of blood from the crypt

More News

Waste, Fraud & Abuse

When government plays games with energy subsidies, taxpayers lose

Fraud soars as more men sneak children into U.S. to exploit ‘family loophole’

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas McCabe memos

Security

James Wolfe, former Senate staffer charged in leak probe, pleads guilty

Justice Department forms task force to fight transnational criminal orgs, such as MS-13, Hezbollah

Trump sends Mike Pompeo to meet with the king of Saudi Arabia

D.C. Local

Md. lawmaker switches from Republican to Democrat, cites Trump rhetoric

D.C. Catholics grapple with Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation

Pope Francis OKs resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl amid cover-up scandal

World

Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice home to Morocco

Trump says ‘rogue killers’ could be to blame in Khashoggi killing

France: 12 die in floods unseen in more than a century

Business & Economy

U.S. eyes military bases for coal, gas exports

Sears files for Chapter 11 amid plunging sales, massive debt

Trump threat sends Saudi stock market tumbling

Faith & Family

Pro-life film on the trial of Kermit Gosnell defies the odds with ratings triumph

Episcopal Church confronts past role in sexual exploitation

D.C. Catholics grapple with Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation

Health

People more likely to forgo care in states that refused Medicaid expansion, gov’t study shows

Battles over safe Ebola burials complicate work in Congo

CTE researchers seek to study more female brains

Entertainment

Melania Trump spox calls for T.I. boycott over ‘disgusting’ video sexualizing first lady

Alec Baldwin calls for ‘overthrow’ of Trump administration through elections

Bill Maher: Democrats must reject ‘insane’ political correctness if they want to win

Travel

France: 12 die in floods unseen in more than a century

Death toll rises to 6 in wake of Hurricane Michael’s rampage

Michael charges into Southeast after slamming north Florida

Technology

Sen. Chuck Grassley hits Google with questions about security breach

Nearly 30 million accounts compromised in September Facebook hack

Preparation, forecasting limit Hurricane Michael damage: ‘This was a success for modern technology’

Inside Policy

Energy & Environment

Trump arrives in Florida to survey hurricane recovery effort

Banking & Finance

End Moody's and S&P credit-rating agency racket

Health Care Reform

Big pharma says it will disclose more about drug costs

Second Amendment & Gun Control

Jamie Lee Curtis slams Fox News piece on gun views: I 'fully support the Second Amendment'

Immigration Reform

Number of Customs and Border Protection employees facing discipline fell in 2017

Homeland & Cybersecurity

Senators demand answers from Google on latest security breach

Aerospace & Defense

It's a new NATO

Taxes & Budget

Nancy Pelosi: Getting Trump's tax returns 'one of the first things we'd do' if Dems retake House

Law Enforcement & Intelligence

Justice Department forms task force to fight transnational criminal orgs, such as MS-13, Hezbollah

Transportation & Infrastructure

Portland mayor stands by decision to allow antifa to block traffic, hassle motorists

Newsletters

Daily
Weekly
Pruden on Politics
Charles Hurt

Terms of Use / Privacy Policy

Find us on Facebook

The Washington Times
Opinion
Local
Sports

Find us on Twitter

The Washington Times
Opinion
Local
Sports

Home
News
Politics
National
World
Security
Business & Economy
D.C. Local
Faith & Family
Inside Politics
Inside the Beltway
Inside the Ring
Culture
Entertainment
Technology
Obituaries
Just the Headlines
Trump Central
Photo Galleries
Video
Midterms 2018

Investigations
Waste, Fraud & Abuse
Media Spotlight
Specials

Opinion
Opinion Main
Commentary
Editorials
Letters
Pruden on Politics
Charles Hurt
Tammy Bruce
David Keene
Ralph Z. Hallow
Stephen Moore
Clifford D. May
Cheryl K. Chumley
Larry O'Connor
Joseph Curl
Everett Piper
Matt Mackowiak
Robert Knight
Cal Thomas
Rapid Reactions
Tim Constantine
Books
Cartoons
Threat Assessment
U.S.-Russia Crosstalk

Sports
Sports Main
Redskins
Football
Baseball
Basketball
NCAA
Thom Loverro
Deron Snyder
Tennis
Golf
Hockey
Soccer
Horse Racing
NASCAR & Racing

Special Reports
Special Reports Main
Infrastructure 2018
SonoSpine®
Rolling Thunder® 2018
Medicare 2018
Free Iran
Peace Starts With Me
Good Intentions Gone Wrong
Agricultural Mixed-Use

Subscribe
Classifieds
E-edition
Customer Service
Careers
Terms
Privacy
RSS
Advertise
About
Contact

All site contents © Copyright 2018 The Washington Times, LLC|3600 New York Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 |202-636-3000