PARIS - Russian teams, including the country's powerful national ice hockey side, remain banned from competing at next year's Milano-Cortina winter Olympics as part of sanctions imposed following ...

"It is based on the fact that, by definition, a group of Individual Neutral Athletes cannot be considered a team. We take note that the IIHF has confirmed that it will follow this recommendation.

Less than nine months before the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee reaffirmed its policy barring Russian and Belarusian teams from participating. This means the ...

Though some individual Russian athletes may be allowed to compete as neutrals at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, the country’s hockey teams will be on the outside looking in at the action.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed Russian teams will be barred from competing in the Winter Games in Italy next year — extending sanctions imposed over the country’s ...

IMAGE: The Winter Olympics in Italy run from February 6-22. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters Russian teams, including the country's powerful national ice hockey side, remain banned from competing ...

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Egor Zamula is one of many in and around hockey disappointed to see Russia, one of hockey's powerhouse nations, banned from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Russian teams remain banned from the 2026 Winter Olympics following previous sanctions imposed due to the 2022 Ukraine invasion, according to an announcement from the International Olympic Committee.

Russia's Olympic ban will remain in place for the 2026 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee made the announcement on Tuesday amid recent reports hockey officials from Russia were ...

Russia won’t hit the ice for men’s and women’s hockey at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the IOC confirmed on Tuesday. The ban from Olympic hockey competition is a ...

Pending official announcement, Russia has been barred from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, meaning Philadelphia Flyers players like Matvei Michkov, Ivan Fedotov, Egor Zamula, and Nikita ...