World At Play

June 22, 2015

Event organizers are also considering adding baseball, karate and squash.

Lifestyle

This video got 2 people arrested for celebrating the World Cup

GlobalPost

June 24, 2014

Sure, you can celebrate. Just not in public. Or without a headscarf.

Politics

Cold (One) War: White House promises to pay up Olympic beer bet with Canada

GlobalPost

March 07, 2014

White House says President Obama has every intention of paying up on a bet with Canada's prime minister over their Olympic hockey bets.

Lifestyle

Ukraine's athletes silently protest at Paralympic Winter Games opening ceremony

GlobalPost

March 07, 2014

Only one Ukrainian athlete entered Fisht Stadium during the atheletes march at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.

Lifestyle

Highlights from Day 14 remind us why Sochi's Winter Olympics aren't about sports

GlobalPost

February 21, 2014

Ukraine won its first gold medal, but didn't celebrate, while a skier from Lebanon finished 47th and declared it a victory.

Lifestyle

Russia dissolves in tears after men's hockey team loses to Finland

GlobalPost

February 19, 2014

Russia won't play for gold after losing to Finland 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-finals at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Lifestyle

16 photos that prove even when you're at the Winter Olympics, crashing is no fun

GlobalPost

February 13, 2014

Strapping yourself onto an extremely sharp, polished metal apparatus and attempting to navigate icy surfaces — usually downhill — probably seems like a good idea. Until you crash, that is.

Lifestyle

Putin says Russia won't go after gays as long as they leave kids alone

GlobalPost

January 17, 2014

President Vladimir Putin tells volunteers, reporters that Russia has nothing against homosexuals, so long as they leave the children in peace.

Lifestyle

Sochi may be the safest place in Russia during the Winter Olympics (Q&A)

GlobalPost

January 14, 2014

GlobalPost talks to a Russian security expert about the risks for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Matters don't look so good for the rest of the country.