The 37 athletes on board are there as the Olympic refugee team, representing 11 different countries of origin and competing in 12 different sports. U.K.-based boxer Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al ...

Yevhen Pylypenko escaped Ukraine for a better life on and off the wrestling mat. Now the family needs a green card to remain ...

The IOC's initiative is funded by a program offering National Olympic Committees (NOCs) "the opportunity to identify refugee athletes living in their countries and support them throughout their ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Members of the refugee Olympic team will have their voices heard around the world during the Paris Games, increasing awareness for millions of displaced people, but they are ...

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini was appointed the youngest-ever Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in April 2017, aged just nineteen. By sharing her inspiring story, ...

You have seen how perfectly it worked in Paris, where we had the athletes from all the territories of the 206 National Olympic Committees, plus the Refugee Olympic Team, coming together ...

Eight athletes and one guide runner have been named to the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympics. The Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) will showcase eight athletes from ...

As the world marks the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on 6 April, the International Olympic ...

Cindy Ngamba made history at Paris 2024 as the first member of the Refugee Olympic Team to win a medal, and now she has turned professional in boxing. She will make her professional debut on the ...