Olympics commentator Mike Tirico has apologised after a gaffe involving the Palestine flag. After a broadcasting blunder ...

For residents of Gaza and women in Afghanistan, a revival of athletics lays the seeds for joy as a people.

The two independent nations are Vatican City and Palestine. The Olympics can have more delegations, as some of them come from territories with Olympic committees but not United Nations representation.

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On Saturday, the United Nations assembly approved a resolution granting Palestine new rights and ... which is prohibited by the International Olympic Committee. In that case, only athletes from ...

Even in war, branding applies. Israel and Hamas are engaged in a parallel battle of optics despite a ceasefire that took ...

Calls to ban Israel from the Olympics intensified as their national anthem was booed and chants of "free Palestine" were heard their national football team took the field their during opening game ...