The boycott garnered more than two-thirds support from the 2,400 members of the unwieldy U.S. Olympic Committee house of delegates, the governing body that made the official move to keep the ...

A short summary and list of Olympics boycotts can be found below. - BERLIN 1936: While there were serious considerations of a boycott due to the discriminatory policies of the Nazi government ...

International Olympic Committee's newly-elected President Kirsty Coventry wants to sit down with United States President ...

The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were boycotted in protest of the Soviet Union’s invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Then–U.S. president Jimmy Carter announced the boycott in February ...

Despite a directive from the Assam state unit to boycott the Women's National Boxing Championships, five boxers and a coach ...

TOYAKO, Japan (CNN)-- President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to boycott "would be an affront to the Chinese people." ...

A mini-Olympics? That was the possibility last week as no fewer than 39 nations announced that they would boycott next October’s Mexico City games in protest over the International Olympic ...

The international community condemned the ban as a violation of the Olympic code of equality and fair play, and called for a boycott. United States Olympic Committee head Avery Brundage initially ...