Salt Lake City selected for potential 2030 Winter games bid
Salt Lake City has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) for a potential bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2030. The...
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Talk of esports in Olympic Games is premature-IOC
Any discussion to include esports as a medal event at the Olympic Games is premature because of the way the gaming industry is structured, the International...
IOC says Rio anti-doping programme a success despite problems
The Rio Olympics anti-doping programme was successful despite a lack of trained staff and resources, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday following a World...
Paralympics chief apologises to IOC’s Bach over prank call
International Paralympic Committee chief Phil Craven has apologised in a letter to the International Olympic Committee for comments he made about IOC President Thomas Bach...
Brazilian police arrest Irish IOC member in ticketing probe (Update 2)
Brazilian police arrested a member of the IOC’s executive board, Ireland’s Patrick Hickey, in his hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday in connection with...
Russia says 271-strong team will be cleanest at Rio
Russia will be represented in most sports at the Rio Olympics, with 271 of its sportsmen and women cleared to participate ahead of the opening...
Doping tsunami leaves No.1 Olympic sport on the brink
A year of unrelenting misery, of corruption, cover-ups, bans, appeals and doping, doping, doping, has ripped the heart and soul out of athletics, the sport...
IOC will not impose blanket ban on Russia for Rio Olympics
By Karolos Grohmann The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month’s Rio Olympics over the nation’s doping...
Trusted allies: why Putin won’t fire sports minister over doping scandal
President Vladimir Putin risks personal humiliation if all Russian competitors are banned from the Rio Olympics over doping, as now seems possible; yet the man...
IOC announces 45 failed tests from Beijing and London
Forty-five athletes have failed dope tests after their samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Games were reanalysed, the International OlympicCommittee (IOC) said...
IOC ‘reluctant’ to ban Russian team from Olympics – Pound
The IOC seems reluctant to ban the entire Russian team from next month’s Olympic Games, despite mounting concern over doping violations, the co-author of the...
IOC delays decision on banning Russia from Rio Olympics (updated)
Russia’s participation in the Rio Olympics remained in jeopardy on Tuesday after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it would ‘explore legal options’ for banning...
IOC backs IAAF decision to uphold Russian athlete ban
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ended any slim hopes that Russian athletes might have had of competing at the Rio Games in August by backing...
Venues ready, but many challenges remain for Rio Games
Brazil has long been known as a country that can throw a great party as long as the guests do not mind a location that...
Rio Games countdown starts with Olympia torch lighting
The official countdown to this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics began on Thursday when the torch was lit at the site of the ancient Games,...
Reform more needed than ever, says IOC chief Bach
By Alan Baldwin Corruption and doping scandals that have cast a shadow over the world of sport this year make the need for change more...
Olympics chief expects Russian athletes to compete in Rio
By Julian Linden International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach expects Russia will comply with doping regulations in time for its athletes to compete at...
IAAF defends anti-doping record after reports of widespread ‘abnormal’ tests
By Ossian Shine THE head of world athletics vigorously defended the IAAF’s anti-doping record on Monday, as global sporting bodies called for a thorough probe...
Paris enters race for 2024 Olympic Games hosting
By Jessica Chen Paris on Tuesday officially announced its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and bring the global sports event back...
IOC eyes Games revamp as Sochi opening nears
By Karolos Grohmann WHILE Sochi scrambles to get ready in time for Friday’s opening ceremony, the International Olympic Committee cast its eyes past the most...