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Three-time Olympic luge champion Felix Loch of Germany has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the weekend World Cup competition in Innsbruck, Austria. The German bob and luge federation BSD said on Wednesday that Loch and women’s team sl…

Austria will not send any high-ranking politicians to the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing next year but new Chancellor Karl Nehammer has stressed it is due to the coronavirus pandemic rather than for diplomatic reasons. “This is not a diplomatic protes…

President Moon Jae-In on Monday said that South Korea will not boycott February’s Beijing Winter Olympics. “With regards to the Beijing Olympics on the diplomatic boycott, we have not received a request from any other country, including the United Stat…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is yet to decide whether to join a United States-led diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Bejing Winter Olympics. “We are still looking for talks with many others because we want to act in a coordinated manner here,” Scholz …

Union Berlin’s Conference League campaign ended on Thursday with a 1-1 draw against Slavia Prague who advanced at their expense. Slavia took the lead in the 50th when Union’s Timo Baumgartl played a terrible pass back towards his own penalty area and t…

German alpine skier Stefan Luitz will miss out on the Winter Olympic Games in February after surgery on a herniated disc. The German Ski Association (DSV) said on Thursday that the giant slalom specialist will only be able to return to training in six …

Veteran Norwegian ski star Kjetil Jansrud has been ruled out of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in February and the rest of the World Cup season with knee damage following a major crash in the Beaver Creek super-g earlier this month. The Norwegian …

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will not go to February’s Beijing Winter Games. The United States and Australia have both announced diplomatic boycotts of the Olympics in protest at China’s human rights record. But athletes will still attend. …

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said the body is discussing “all aspects” of the Peng Shuai case with China and is using silent diplomacy in Afghanistan too. He also stated in an exclusive dpa interview that expectations…

Italy’s Sofia Goggia was again the queen of Lake Louise as she secured victory in a World Cup super-g on Sunday to go with her two downhill wins. The Olympic downhill champion has looked unbeatable this weekend and racked up her 14th career win in 1 mi…