2014 Winter Olympics

The organization of the Sochi Games has been "excellent," International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Sunday.

Canada became the first team for 26 years to retain Olympic men’s hockey gold Sunday as captain Sidney Crosby led his team to a 3-0 win over underdog Sweden in Sochi.

Three medal events took place on Sunday, the final day of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi

The Russian Olympic team has exceeded all expectations by topping the medal table at the Sochi Winter Games, the country's sports minister Vitaly Mutko told R-Sport Sunday.

Two-time 2014 Olympic champion Maxim Trankov will carry the Russian flag during the Sochi Winter Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee said.

Sochi 2014 creative director Konstantin Ernst has promised to provide a fresh look at Russian culture through a European’s perspective in Sunday’s closing ceremony at the Fisht Olympic Stadium.

Alexander Legkov led a Russian podium sweep Sunday at the cross-country skiing 50km freestyle race to put his country in an unassailable position at the top of the Sochi Olympic medal table.

Sochi's Olympic Park features more than a dozen national houses from countries around the world. This RIA Novosti video tours the “miniature Germany,” the hi-tech Japanese house, and a recreation of a modern Alpine lodge.

Two-time Olympic champion figure skater Evgeny Plushenko will undergo more surgery on his back next month, Russian TV reported Saturday.

Seven medal sets were awarded in Sochi on Saturday, February 22.

Russia surged to the top of the Sochi medal table Saturday with men's relay gold in the biathlon, blowing to smithereens pre-Games fears that the host nation could be an also-ran.

Russia claimed an improbable biathlon team relay gold on Saturday after a last-gasp shooting calamity from Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen set Anton Shipulin on a course to victory.

Julia Dujmovits of Austria made up a 0.72 second deficit in the second run to beat Germany's Anke Karstens and claim gold in the women's parallel slalom snowboard event at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday.

Marit Bjoergen took a record sixth Olympic gold as Norway swept the podium in the women’s 30 kilometer freestyle cross-country skiing race at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday.

Vic Wild of Russia slid to a second gold medal at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday, beating Slovenia's Zan Kosir to win the parallel slalom title in snowboarding.

An athlete has been expelled from Russia’s national biathlon team during the Olympics over comments made on a social network website, the Russian Biathlon Union told R-Sport on Saturday.

“I’ll be honest,” says Jan Longmire, a figure skating costume designer based in California: “Skaters are snobs.”

The Sochi Riviera Dolphin Park has a new show called “Figure Skating on Water.” This video features the performances of Maya and Agatha, two Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, and Casper the beluga whale.

Viktor Ahn set the Sochi ice alight on day 14 of the Olympics, winning two gold medals in the space of an hour for his adoptive home of Russia.

Russia's Adelina Sotnikova said Friday that she was a worthy gold medalist in the Olympic women's figure skating after her win over Kim Yuna sparked a judging controversy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday congratulated short track star Viktor Ahn on winning the 500m short track gold medal at the Sochi Olympics on Friday.