President Barack Obama said in a new interview that he believes the coming Winter Olympics in Russia will be safe, but that Americans should still be careful if attending the games in Sochi.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing for a global observance of the Olympic truce period, calling especially for a cease in hostilities in Syria, South Sudan and Central African Republic.

These days, best athletes of the World come to Sochi to take part in the main event of the last four years.

Canadian snowboarder, Maelle Ricker, expected to medal at the Sochi Olympics, has been sidelined by a wrist injury.

Switzerland is taking its biggest ever team to a Winter Olympics, sending 163 athletes to Sochi — including all five of its gold medalists from 2010.

Sochi Olympic medals passed the tests, holding up over “extreme differentials in temperatures,” eight tons of weight and even dips in champagne.

IOC President Thomas Bach defended the choice of Sochi as host of the Winter Olympics on Monday and said he’s “sleeping very well” despite the terror threat hanging over the games.

Triple Olympic gold medal-winning ski jumper Thomas Morgenstern was included in Austria’s Olympic squad Monday, despite being hurt in a terrifying crash this month.

For the first time in the History of the Olympics the Games will be broadcasted in a digital format Super High-Vision which is 16-times clearer than HDTV and in multi-channel sound system 22.2.

KITZBUEHEL, Austria – In a rather surprising turnaround of events, Didier Defago became the winner of the 2014 Kitzbuehel super-G.