SOCHI, Russia -- Ukraine will compete in the Winter Paralympics in Sochi despite Russia's military moves in Crimea. The Ukrainian Paralympic Committee decided against boycotting the games, announcing a few hours before Friday's opening ceremony that its ...

Russia’s president has framed the restoration of the Russian flag and anthem at Paralympic events as a national triumph, even as the war against Ukraine continues to devastate the country’s sporting community and infrastructure. Kremlin hails ...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Love was in the air — make that the big air — for freeskier Kateryna Kotsar of Ukraine on Valentine’s Day. On a cold, perfect evening in the Italian Alps, Kotsar got the sweetest gift of all after she qualified for the Olympic big air final Friday night.