SAPPORO--Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto announced on Dec. 19 that the city would suspend its bid to host the Winter Olympics as it will be unlikely to host the Games for the next 18 years.

Authorities in Sapporo are bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. With reliable snowfall and experience hosting the event, the Hokkaido capital is a strong contender. But convincing the ...

TASS/. The representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials may have conducted unofficial consultations to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, the Kyodo ...

SAPPORO—Soaring consumer prices and the sliding yen forced the Sapporo city government to add 17 billion yen ($116 million) to its estimated cost to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, sources said.

For Team USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Alpine skiing is the family business. Not only did his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, win slalom gold at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics, she also runs the Richmond, ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's Marathon ... REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Sapporo hosted the Winter Games in 1972 and could face stiff competition from Vancouver and Salt Lake City, both of ...

Sapporo hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, and many venues from the games will be expanded for the Asian Winter Games. A future Olympic bid remains on the table. "The city of Sapporo has been doing ...

Canada's Alex Loutitt won the bronze medal in the large hill competition at the final World Cup women's ski jumping event of ...

A cheating scandal that has rocked the world of ski jumping came to a head Wednesday with the suspension of a pair of Olympic ...

Ryom is considered Pyongyang's top figure skater, previously winning a bronze medal at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, she finished 13th in pairs ...