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Beijing 2022 Olympics faces 'special situation' after Tokyo delay
Brace for back-to-back Olympics as the Tokyo Summer and Beijing Winter Games tip off just 6 months apart
PH speed skater Julian Macaraeg eyes first Winter Olympics medal
Teen speed skater Julian Macaraeg targets a bigger goal despite falling short of a podium finish in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games
Youth Olympics ceremony performer improving after horror fall – IOC
The condition of a figure skater who fell from 16 feet during rehearsals of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony has 'improved a little'
Youth Olympics ceremony performer's life 'in danger' after horror fall
A female skater suffers severe injuries after falling to the ice from 16 feet during rehearsals of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony
Italian job: 2026 Winter Olympics to be staged in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo
Italy beats off a bid from Sweden to host the Winter Games for the third time
U.S. teenager loses leg in shark attack
Paige Winter, 17, encounters the shark around noon while she was spending the day at the Fort Macon beach in North Carolina
It's official. Arya is the Filipinos' favorite Stark (or is she?)
Ahead of the season 8 premiere, we looked into the ‘Game of Thrones’ topics fans have been talking about online. Spoilers ahead!
The week in photos: February 16-22, 2019
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
PH skater Julian Macaraeg qualifies for 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Julian Macaraeg makes history as the first Filipino to qualify for the Winter Youth Olympics
U.S. winter storms kill 7 – media
The hardest hit areas are parts of the northern Plains, the upper Midwest, and a southwestern region from Arizona to western Texas
Winter storms batter large swaths of U.S.
New Year travel plans are ruined for thousands of Americans
Marvel heroes Winter Soldier and Falcon to star in own TV show
Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie are expected to reprise their bad-ass roles for the TV series on Disney's upcoming streaming service
Notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger dead at 89
According to The New York Times, Bulger, who was an FBI informant in addition to being a crime boss, is beaten 'unrecognizable' by fellow inmates
Former NBA coach Tex Winter dies at 96
Winter pioneered the triangle offense that the Bulls and Lakers both used to dominate the league for years
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research harnessing evolution
(UPDATED) American scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter win the Nobel Chemistry Prize
US reporters fight back with words after colleagues gunned down
Thursday's shooting was one of the worst attacks ever to target journalists in the United States, and local media said police had stepped up security at other news organizations
Japan keeps word, gifts Akita dog to Russian skater Zagitova
During a visit to Moscow, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe presents the puppy to Zagitova, who won gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics
George RR Martin: ‘Winds of Winter’ is not coming this year…but another book is
The 'Game of Thrones' author announces the release of a new book on the Targaryen kings
Kim says N. Korea to take part in 2020, 2022 Olympics
(UPDATED) IOC chief Thomas Bach announces the news after landing in Beijing following Friday's 'fruitful' talks with Kim Jong-Un
North Korea's Kim meets IOC chief in Pyongyang
Kim Jong-Un thanks International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach for helping to bring about a 'dramatic thawing' of tensions on the Korean peninsula
I'm so sorry: 5 memorable sporting apologies
Here are 5 high-profile incidents of athletes apologizing
53 dead, many missing in Siberia shopping mall fire
(UPDATED) The preliminary findings of the inquiry says the fire started around 1100 GMT in one of the cinema halls and destroyed more than 1,000 square meters of the center, news agencies report
Red Velvet, Seohyun of Girls' Generation to perform in North Korea
Seoul will send a total of 160 performers to Pyongyang for a 4-day visit from March 31 to April 3
USA win sledge hockey gold as Paralympics set to end
Team USA tops the medals table, with a total of 36 medals including 13 golds
Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova wins first gold of Winter Paralympics
Henrieta Farkasova reigned supreme in the women's vision impaired downhill skiing for her sixth Paralympic gold in the said event
South Korean envoys in historic trip to meet North's Kim
In the latest step in an Olympics-driven rapprochement on the divided peninsula, the most senior South Koreans travel North to meet leader Kim Jong Un
At least 5 dead as storm brings wind, floods and snow to U.S. Northeast
Coastal flooding alerts are issued from New Jersey to Massachusetts with winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and high wind warnings in effect from the Northeast to the Mid-Atlantic
North Korea general wraps up controversial visit to South
General Kim Yong Chol, who is in charge of inter-Korean affairs for the ruling Workers' Party, made a rare trip to the South to attend the February 25 closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics
WATCH: EXO, CL electrify fans in 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremonies
K-pop fans all over the world go wild over EXO and CL in the Winter Games finale
2 Koreas march apart as Winter Olympics close
Unlike the Games' opening, the North and South Korean athletes march separately, although some North Koreans held the blue-and-white Korean Unification emblem
IOC keeps Russia doping ban for Olympic closing ceremony
It means the Russians will not be able to march behind their flag at the ceremony
High-level North Korean delegates arrive in the South
(2nd UPDATE) The visit by a delegation led by North Korean general Kim Yong Chol is the final piece of the Games-led diplomacy that has dominated headlines from Pyeongchang
Relatives protest visit by N. Korea general blamed for warship sinking
Kim Yong Chol will head an 8-member delegation at the Winter Olympics' closing ceremony Sunday at Pyeongchang, South Korea
Snowboard queen Ledecka fastest in Olympic history bid
Ledecka is looking to become the first woman to win gold medals in different sports at the same Winter Olympics
South Korean MPs demand execution of North's Olympic delegate
Kim Yong Chol is widely blamed for a spate of attacks against the South including the torpedoing nearly 8 years ago of the Seoul's Cheonan corvette, with the loss of 46 lives
WATCH: Michael Christian Martinez performs 2018 Olympic routine in Manila
Martinez fulfills his his dream of skating to a river dance and tribal-themed program
More skating for two-time Olympian Michael Christian Martinez
Martinez still wants to achieve more goals in his figure skating career
Ivanka Trump, North Korean general to attend Olympic closing
The Winter Games have seen a flurry of cross-border visits and diplomacy on the habitually tense peninsula
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'Skated with our hearts': Virtue and Moir win stunning gold
'We knew today we'd put in a fantastic performance, gave it all we had, we skated with our hearts,' Scott Moir says of his record-breaking ice dance Winter Olympics win with fellow Canadian Tessa Virtue
IN PHOTOS: Johnny Weir’s 2018 Winter Olympics style deserves all the gold medals
The Olympics is his runway!
#ThewRap: Things you need to know, February 19, 2018
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2018 Winter Olympics: Philippines' Asa Miller lands 70th in giant slalom
The 17-year-old Filipino-American, participating in his first Olympiad, clocks in a combined finish time of 2:49.95 in two runs
The week in photos: February 10-16, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
Hanyu defends Olympic title, snowboarder Ledecka pulls off ski shock
Hanyu and Ledecka rule the ice and snow, respectively
Oh my quad! US skater Chen makes history with 6 quads
Chen breaks his own record of 5 quads set last year
Cybersecurity roundup: February 11 to 17, 2018
Here's an overview of some of the major occurrences in the cybersecurity sector from February 11 to 17
Mexican Olympian gets hero's welcome – after finishing last
After crossing the finish after 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) of gruelling freestyle cross-country racing on Friday, February 16, German Madrazo is lifted high into the air and onto the shoulders of two other athletes
Michael Christian Martinez: Olympian and pioneer in Philippine figure skating
(UPDATED) The two Winter Olympics stints of Martinez are already a feat on its own, especially when you hail from a country where snow is nowhere to be found
South Korea to pay $2.6 million for North's Olympic presence
The 2.86 billion won will cover transport, hotel, food and other cost for 229 cheerleaders, a taekwondo demonstration team, and around 140 art performers, the country's Unification Ministry says
