Tag: Olympics

Cross country skiers pass by the Olympic rings prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

USOC sponsor AT&T condemns Russia’s anti-gay law

Oskar Garcia · February 5, 2014 11:38 am

Speedskaters from various countries train at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Rating agency warns over financial legacy of Sochi

Washington Examiner · February 5, 2014 11:20 am

China leader heads to Olympics; to meet with Putin

China leader heads to Olympics; to meet with Putin

Washington Examiner · February 5, 2014 9:07 am

NBC: All Visitors to Sochi Olympics Immediately Hacked

NBC: All Visitors to Sochi Olympics Immediately Hacked

Daniel Halper · February 5, 2014 7:18 am

Billie Jean King will not be part of President Obama's delegation to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, according to the White House. (AP/Evan Agostini)

Billie Jean King won’t attend Sochi opening ceremony

Meghashyam Mali · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin pets a snow leopard cub at the snow leopard sanctuary in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Putin checked in Tuesday at a preserve for endangered snow leopards and visited a group of cubs born last summer in the mountains above the growing torrent of activity in Sochi for the Winter Games. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin strokes leopard, wins IOC support

STEPHEN WILSONSTEVEN R. HURST · February 5, 2014 2:51 am

Obama Meets in Situation Room to Discuss Sochi Olympic Security

Obama Meets in Situation Room to Discuss Sochi Olympic Security

Daniel Halper · February 4, 2014 11:08 pm

Concerns over a terror threat to the Olympics to be held later this month in Russia have grown after a number of suicide bomb attacks by Islamic groups seeking greater autonomy from Moscow. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

National Security

Obama gets Situation Room briefing on Sochi security

Meghashyam Mali · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Policemen walk past a stray dog near the Media Center of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Sochi city hall orders killing of stray dogs

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 3, 2014 12:40 pm

Igor Vasiliyev, head of the local branch of the Communist Party, adjusts his scarf decorated with a hammer and sickle as he leads a protest in the 50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War Park to hold the first official demonstration in the designated Olympic protest area for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

Out of sight: Communists stage 1st Sochi protest

John Pye · February 1, 2014 4:23 pm

As Olympics near, warships and FBI agents deploy

National Security

As Olympics near, warships and FBI agents deploy

Lolita Baldor · February 1, 2014 1:03 am

Adler Arena, site of the long track speed skating competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, is lit up at night in the Olympic Park, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama: Sochi Olympics ‘safe,’ some risks remain

Susan Crabtree · January 31, 2014 5:00 am