Olympic figure skating could be gliding towards more controversy. Adeliia Petrosian — the 18-year-old Russian, whose ties to a scandal-scarred coach threatens to put another harsh spotlight on the ...
One of the greatest gymnasts in Olympic history has sadly passed away this month. It was announced this Tuesday that Russian gymnast Alexander Dityatin has died. He competed in the 1976 Montreal ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian illustrator who designed Misha, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries, died on Monday aged 84, a publisher of children's ...
PRAGUE — Ota Zaremba, who won a weightlifting gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics before admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs under a secret program run by the totalitarian regime in the ...