The IOC has extended its ruling from March 2023, barring Russian teams from competing in the Winter Olympics in Italy next year, with individual Russian athletes able to compete in neutral teams.

Russian reports had said hockey officials had talks with the IIHF over Olympic participation. The IOC responded by saying the ...

The IIHF announced in February it had extended the ban for Russian and Belarusian national and club teams for the 2025-26 season, citing safety and security concerns. Despite that announcement, the ...

Russian teams remain banned from the 2026 Winter Olympics following previous sanctions imposed due to the 2022 Ukraine ...

A Ukrainian soldier walks past damaged buildings in central Pokrovsk, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, 25 April 2025 ...

Danielle Leavitt’s book, “By the Second Spring” reports on seven non-combatant Ukrainians, and what it’s like to live through ...

Every year, as the way war is fought constantly evolves on the battlefields of Ukraine, the visuals of the fighting on the ...

Russia’s position has remained mostly consistent. The Kremlin kept repeating that it was ready for peace talks with Ukraine — ...

We love Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes in the MCU, but here are more roles where the award-winning actor has demonstrated his ...

aka the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan); Yelena’s adopted dad and Russian super soldier Red Guardian (David Harbour); the disgraced Captain America wannabe John Walker (Wyatt Russell); the ...

"Thunderbolts*" features a team of antiheroes, including Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes and Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova.