Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto, left, meets with reporters along with Keigo Iwata, chairman of the committee promoting Sapporo’s bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, center, and Masahiko ...

SAPPORO--Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto announced on Dec. 19 that the city would suspend its bid to host the Winter Olympics as it will be unlikely to host the Games for the next 18 years.

Authorities in Sapporo are bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. With reliable snowfall and experience hosting the event, the Hokkaido capital is a strong contender. But convincing the ...

TASS/. The representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials may have conducted unofficial consultations to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, the Kyodo ...

For Team USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Alpine skiing is the family business. Not only did his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, win slalom gold at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics, she also runs the Richmond, ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's Marathon ... REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Sapporo hosted the Winter Games in 1972 and could face stiff competition from Vancouver and Salt Lake City, both of ...

A cheating scandal that has rocked the world of ski jumping came to a head Wednesday with the suspension of a pair of Olympic ...

won gold in the slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics. Here's how some of Cochran-Siegle's fellow Team USA members responded to the 29-year-old from Vermont becoming the first American man to ...

Ryom is considered Pyongyang's top figure skater, previously winning a bronze medal at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, she finished 13th in pairs ...

The competition to win the right to host the 2030 Olympic Winter Games will largely play out behind closed doors, potentially involving five candidates, as the future winter host will be ...