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“It’s important to remember that we don’t have to agree on everything to get along, be civil to each other and enjoy each others company,” Olympics bobsledder Lauren Gibbs wrote after posting the selfie of her with Ivanka Trump and Sarah Sanders. “#Itsforamerica it was a pleasure to meet you both!”

OXON HILL, Maryland — CPAC attendees raucously cheered Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday when he harshly rebuked positive media coverage of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un’s sister at the Olympics.

TEL AVIV — Iran’s wrestling federation announced Saturday it will protest a decision to ban one of its contenders and the national coach for deliberately throwing a match in order to avoid fighting an Israeli opponent.

Nearly two years after Rio de Janeiro police welcomed Olympics spectators at their airport with a banner reading “Welcome to Hell,” Brazilian President Michel Temer sent the nation’s military to take over the city on Friday, cracking down on a crime wave exacerbated by Carnival festivities and a woefully underfunded law enforcement corps.

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony was hit with a cyberattack last week, however the attacker has yet to be revealed.

North Korea’s state media – run by head of Propaganda and Agitation at the Korean Workers’ Party, Kim Yo-jong – took a rare stab at the Chinese government for allegedly “seriously spoiling the atmosphere” of a meeting between North and South Korean officials.

Now that normal Americans have completely written off the disgraced institution of the American media, these amoral news outlets have been forced to pander to the only audience they have left — the far-left.

As the 2018 Winter Olympic Games kick off in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the Olympic uniforms at the opening ceremony give a glimpse into each nation’s sense of style.

A “record-setting” light display consisting of 1,218 drones was revealed during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Friday.

North Korea reportedly staged the military parade it rescheduled to precede the 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies on Thursday, showing off its latest intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in an event Korean outlets described as both “massive” and smaller than usual.

As the 2018 Winter Olympics are set to begin next month, Team USA revealed their uniforms which feature a state-of-the-art heated jacket and fringe suede gloves to keep athletes warm in freezing PyeongChang, South Korea.

President Donald Trump said he ‘probably’ had a great relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, despite ridiculing him on Twitter.

South Korea’s Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon announced Wednesday that Seoul had agreed to allow a “massive delegation totaling between 400-500 people” from North Korea to attend this year’s Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

The South Korean government has announced a series of talks will be held with representatives of the oppressive North Korean regime about the North’s possible participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has charged that U.S. officials may have “drugged” a witness in an investigation that led to Russian athletes being banned from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, a report says.

Olympic skiing sensation Lindsey Vonn took to social media on Tuesday, to share her thoughts on the backlash she received after making critical comments about President Trump last week.

American Skiing sensation Lindsey Vonn made headlines earlier this week, when she said she would represent America, and not President Trump at the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Vonn also said that she would not visit the White House if invited.

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn says she won’t stop expressing her political views, though her main goal is regaining her Olympic downhill title.

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has noted that it has not been decided if U.S. athletes will participate at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, as U.S. relations with North Korea continue to sour.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) – The International Olympic Committee says Russian athletes will be able to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutrals after the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended over evidence that the country ran an orchestrated doping program at the 2014 Sochi Games.

Olympic gymnastics star Aly Raisman has come forward and accused the former U.S. women’s gymnastics team doctor of sexual abuse. Raisman will make that claim and tell her story on 60 Minutes this Sunday.

Recently elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in made the odd announcement this week that he thinks the way to bring peace between militant dictator Kim Jong-un’s North Korean state and South Korea is through the Olympic games.

Brazil arrested the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), Carlos Arthur Nuzman, and his right-hand man Leonardo Gryner on Thursday after a corruption probe found evidence the COB paid $2 million to secure a vote in favor of Rio de Janeiro hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics.

A professional cyclist born a man who is now winning races as a transgender woman says the science proves that transgender athletes do not have an unfair advantage, especially after they have transitioned from men to women.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that it would allow transgender athletes to compete in whatever category they wish to participate in during the 2018 Winter Olympics, a report says.

President Donald Trump celebrated the successful bid by Los Angeles to host the Olympic Games in 2028.

The International Olympic Organizing Committee (IOC) revealed Monday that Los Angeles had negotiated a financially lucrative deal to host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.

Los Angeles reached an agreement with the International Olympic Committee on Monday to host the 2028 Summer Games—instead of those in 2024

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met with President Donald Trump at the White House Thursday to discuss the Los Angeles bid to host an upcoming Summer Games.

The Summer Olympics will be returning to Los Angeles for a third time, the only question is whether it’ll be in 2024 or 2028, according to a published report.

Geneva (AFP) – The UN said Thursday it had enlisted Yusra Mardini, the teenage Olympic swimmer who braved a Mediterranean crossing in a leaky dinghy fleeing war-torn Syria, to help raise awareness about the plight of refugees.

LA2024 Chief Executive Officer Gene Sykes told Southern California Public Radio’s 89.3 KPCC last Thursday that President Donald Trump had been more helpful than President Barack Obama in helping to secure the 2024 Olympics for Los Angeles.

Several Olympic snowboarders continue to proudly use their status as Olympians as a platform for political activism, with their main goal to urge President Donald Trump to perpetuate the 2015 Paris global warming climate change agreement. Though, one has also financed protesters such as those of the “Women’s March,” which occurred the day after Trump took the oath of office in February.

Rio de Janeiro’s legendary Maracana stadium, built for the 1950 World Cup, lies in a state of semi-ruin six months after the 2016 Rio Olympics, a product of a dispute between the firm that owns the stadium and the Rio 2016 committee.

In a September 13 press release the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that it had traced an intrusion into its computer system to a hacker group allegedly operated by the Russian government.

American Olympic swimming champion Ryan Lochte said he was “a little hurt” after two men rushed the stage and tackled him during his appearance Monday on the Season 23 premiere of Dancing with the Stars.