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Tire giant Bridgestone Corp. announced on Oct. 1 that it will end its contract with the International Olympic Committee at the end of this year, making it the last remaining Japanese company to ...

Vehicle manufacturer Toyota is set to end its massive sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee after this ...

Feb 12, 2026; Livigno, Italy; Silver medalist Mikael Kingsbury of Canada, gold medalist Cooper Woods of Australia, and Ikuma Horishima of Japan pose for a photo during the medal cremony for the men's ...

The Japanese government is considering giving the People's Honor Award to speed skater Miho Takagi, who won a record 10 ...

The Milan Cortina 2026 figure skating pairs event delivered two milestone moments that rewrote Olympic history books, with Japan capturing its first-ever pairs gold medal and Georgia claiming the ...

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Japan's former world champion figure skater Shoma Uno said Friday he was coming out of retirement and targeting an Olympic spot in ice dance with partner Marin Honda. He has said he is in a ...

This summer's Tokyo Olympics will go ahead without spectators after a surge in coronavirus cases, organisers have announced. The widely expected move was made following talks between the government, ...

There’s been a lot of chatter online and in the figure skating community about the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena. It’s too soft; it’s made with a new, more environmentally friendly system that’s ...