Olympics

Dutch queen in Rio wears embroidery dress by Ukrainian designer. PHOTOS Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, who has arrived in Rio de Janeiro together with her family to support the Dutch Olympic team, put on a vyshyvanka style embroidery dress. 18.08.16 17:24 79 459 89 Photo News

"Ukraine's flag colors, a Cossack with mace - all as it should be:" Cheban's gold-winning patriotic canoe. PHOTO Ukrainian athlete Yurii Cheban became a double Olympic champion riding a patriotically designed canoe. 18.08.16 16:52 103 627 91 Previously in trend: Rio Olympics

Ukraine scores another Olympic gold as Yurii Cheban wins in rowing. PHOTOS This is Ukraine's second gold at the Olympic Games in Rio. 18.08.16 16:00 138 762 168 Previously in trend: Rio Olympics

Ukraine's Bondarenko leaps to bronze in men's high jump. PHOTOS Ukrainian athlete Bohdan Bondarenko won bronze in the men's high jump at the 2016 Rio Olympics. 17.08.16 12:10 25 478 34 Previously in trend: Rio Olympics

Ukrainian men’s fencing team defeated Russians and qualified for semifinal in Rio. TABLE Ukrainian men’s fencing team has qualified for the semifinal at Rio Olympics. 14.08.16 17:45 73 559 155 Sport

IOC disqualifies Ukrainian athlete over doping issues Ukrainian javelin thrower Oleksandr Piatnytsia has been obliged by the IOC to return his medal. 10.08.16 12:34 110 484 56 Sport

Rio Games bus carrying reporters shot, no one seriously hurt. PHOTOS Witnesses say a bus carrying journalists at the Rio Games was hit by gunfire on a highway between Olympic venues on Tuesday. 10.08.16 11:21 17 260 35 Previously in trend: Rio Olympics

"Ukraine, greet your Olympic Team!", - Minister Zhdanov posted video of Ukrainian athletes processing at opening of Rio Olympics. VIDEO Youth and Sports Minister Ihor Zhdanov posted a video of the procession of the Ukrainian team at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). 06.08.16 11:49 92 229 142 Previously in trend: Rio Olympics

NOC published photos of Ukrainian Olympic Team before Rio 2016 opening ceremony. PHOTOS National Olympic Committee published photos of Ukrainian Olympic Team before opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. 06.08.16 10:51 40 190 78 Previously in trend: Rio Olympics

Russian team of 271 athlets to be 'cleanest' at Rio 2016, country's Olympic Committee chief says At least 271 Russian athletes have been cleared to compete in Brazil, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending all should be banned following the country's doping scandal. 04.08.16 23:21 33 553 142 Sport

Russia's Olympic Committee chief says unrealistic criteria bar many Russian athletes from Olympics Many Russian athletes have been denied participation in the Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro as they faced criteria that could not be met under any circumstance. 02.08.16 19:01 52 089 96 Sport

IOC allows Russians to compete in Olympics out of justice principle, - committee's chief Bach The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allowed the Russian team to take part in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, based on justice. 02.08.16 17:00 29 619 79 Sport

Ukrainian flag to be raised in Rio today The Ukrainian flag will be solemnly hoisted in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) at 11:30 p.m. (Kyiv time). 31.07.16 17:09 7 358 59 Society

Opportunity to cast out cheats from Rio Olympics wasted through pitiful wrongheadedness of IOC, - The Times The International Olympic Committee told Yuliya Stepanova, the whistleblower who lifted the lid on Russia’s shocking state-sponsored doping regime, that she is not eligible to compete at the Rio Olympics unlike the majority of the Russian athletes. 25.07.16 17:56 25 750 88 Incidents

IOC to ban entire Russian team from competing at Rio Olympics today, - The Daily Mail The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce the decision today, July 24, after an emergency meeting. 24.07.16 12:05 162 853 676 Sport

Russian Sports Ministry, supported by FSB, entered 643 positive doping tests as negative between 2012 and 2015, - WADA report The report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) reveals that the Russian Ministry of Sport manipulated the doping control process of the 2014 Sochi Games; the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow; the 2013 World University Games in Kazan; and put measures in place to circumvent anti-doping processes before the 2012 London Games. 19.07.16 11:41 57 539 237 Sport

Onyshchenko assures he is in Austria: "I am preparing for Olympics" MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko (Volia Narodu parliamentary group) claimed that he fled from Ukraine as he did not believe that he would be granted the right to defend himself adequately. 05.07.16 16:40 27 743 121 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

Corruption Boom. Government Wants to Spend $7 Billion on Mythic Olympic Games from Yanukovych The Ukrainian government has approved technical and economic rationalisation of hosting Winter Olympics in Carpathians in 2022. 27.09.12 08:56 5 759 60 Previously in trend: Budget Siphoning