Olympics

Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim has been named an official ambassador for the 2018 Winter Games in her native South Korea.

Serbia has officially protested the International Olympic Committee's decision to grant provisional recognition to Kosovo.

The head of Norway's national Olympic committee has decided to step down next year.

Miloslava Rezkova-Hubnerova, who won the Olympic gold in women's high jump for Czechoslovakia in 1968 aged 18, has died.

Former miler and three-time Olympian Steve Scott says he has prostate cancer — 10 years after he beat testicular cancer.

Luge standout Armin Zoeggeler, the first athlete to medal in the same individual event at six consecutive Olympics, has announced his retirement.

Olympic discus champion Robert Harting says he wants to be taken off the short list for the athlete of the year because it also contains Justin Gatlin, an American sprinter who has been convicted of doping.

IOC President Thomas Bach says the Olympic body will not reopen the bidding process for the 2022 Winter Games after Oslo's withdrawal left just two cities in the race.

Olympic bronze medalist Toby Dawson and five others have been inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.

The head of Hungary's national Olympic committee says it fully supports a possible Budapest bid for the 2024 Games.