CANBERRA, Australia — A wait of 45 years ended when a group of Olympians who defied pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games were recognized in the Australian Parliament on Wednesday for their ...

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian illustrator who designed Misha, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries, died on Monday aged 84, a publisher of children's ...

In its way, it was a story every bit as worthy of the Hollywood treatment. Women’s hockey had finally been installed on the Olympic programme for the 1980 Games. Only six teams took part and the field ...

Prior to the Moscow 1980 Olympics, Allan Wells had to decide to follow the boycott or compete at the Olympic Games. Once in Moscow, he surprised the world by winning one of the most emblematic events: ...