Among the gifts Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo will receive on Wednesday for his 40th birthday will be the affection and support of his compatriots, who consider him one of the best footballers ever.

Portugal and Morocco. The deal struck at FIFA and announced in October 2023 opened the way for Saudi Arabia to be awarded the 2034 tournament without a rival bid. Peña has since met regularly, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Olympic rings are seen near the village of Anterselva where the biathlon discipline will take place during ...

Olympic medals are displayed on a custom-designed trunk by Louis Vuitton at the Champions Park at Trocadero during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. © 2024 ...

When you invest in an athlete’s Olympic journey, you provide key resources needed to propel them over the finish line – and inspire a nation. For a Team Canada athlete to reach the podium, it takes ...

Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the Olympic review committee has "already decided" to build a new stadium at Victoria Park for the Brisbane 2032 Games. The LNP government is ...

Last year's Paris Olympics may have been a resounding success but there’s been a snag: some medals are falling apart. More than 100 athletes have complained to the International Olympic ...

All that glitters is not gold — and, as some athletes who competed in the Paris Olympics are finding out, even gold can lose its luster. Since the 2024 Olympic Games last August, some Olympians ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the IBA - which ran the Olympic Games' boxing programme - in 2019 because of concerns over its finances, governance, ethics, refereeing and judging.

Fencer Nick Itkin said his bronze medal had begun deteriorating a few days after the Olympics. “But after like a few weeks, it got more noticeable,” he said. In December, Olympians Clément ...

The fastest ice in the world is on borrowed time. Calgary's Olympic Oval is a legacy of the 1988 Winter Games in the city and the oldest of three covered speed skating ovals in Canada. The ...

For good weather, the best time to go to Portugal is March, just as spring arrives and before most of the tourist crowds appear, according to Correia. February and early April are optimal times to ...