Long-cherished award for sailor Kontides
Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides has been named Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2018 as the stars of sailing were recognised at the 2018 World
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Indonesia to bid for 2032 Olympics after Asiad success
Buoyed up by the success of hosting the ongoing Asian Games, Indonesia will bid for the 2032 Olympics, President Joko Widodo said on Saturday. Since
Why the Summer Olympics are held in July, August despite heat
A heat wave scorching Japan is raising questions about timing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics during July and August, typically the annual peak for temperatures and
End gold medal targets, says Australian Thorpe
Swimmer Ian Thorpe, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, has called on national bodies to stop setting gold medal targets as it puts too much pressure on
N. Korea Olympics delegation includes man blamed for sinking
North Korea will send a high-level delegation to South Korea for the Winter Olympics closing ceremony, officials said on Thursday, including the man blamed for the 2010 sinking of a South Korean navy ship
Boxing could face expulsion from Games, IOC warns
Boxing could be knocked out of the next Olympic Games if the International Olympic Committee is not satisfied problems with the sport’s finances and governance are
IOC suspends Brazil’s Nuzman after arrest over vote-buying allegations
BRAZIL’S national Olympic committee (COB) and its head Carlos Nuzman were provisionally suspended by the International Olympic Committee on Friday, a day after the 75-year-old was arrested in Rio
Brazil frees Ireland’s Mallon arrested in Rio Olympic ticket scam
A Brazilian court has authorised the release of Ireland’s Kevin James Mallon, a director of sports hospitality company THG who was arrested on August 5
Rainy Rio wraps up challenging Games on upbeat tropical note
A blustery storm, a touch of melancholy and a sense of pride converged at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics on Sunday as Brazil
Unbeatable Bolt signs off with triple-triple
Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games when
U.S. down Spain to reach men’s basketball final
THE United States continued their reign over Spain with a grinding 82-76 win on Friday to put them through to the gold medal final of
‘Liar’ Lochte apologises, team mate pays $11,000 fine
By Cassandra Garrison and Caroline Stauffer U.S. Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology on Friday and his teammate Jimmy Feigen agreed to pay
Doping cases pile up as Rio Games enter final stretch
Bronze medallist weightlifter Izzat Artykov on Thursday became the first athlete to be stripped of a Rio Olympics medal, testing positive for drugs as doping
Brazil police consider charging US swimmers with vandalism, false testimony (Update 3)
Brazilian police are considering charging a group of US Olympic swimmers with vandalism and giving false testimony, Rio’s police chief said on Thursday, accusing them
Three Cypriot athletes secure 7th place in respective Olympic sports
Three Cypriot athletes – hurdler Milan Trajkovic, high-jumper Kyriacos Ioannou, and sailor Pavlos Kontides – secured the 7th spot in their respective events at the
The only Cypriot volunteer at the Rio Olympics
Elena Agathocleous from Limassol is the only Cypriot volunteer in the Rio 2016 Olympics, selected from among over 200,000 people who had applied from 191
Cypriot athletes in Rio battling to stay in the Games
Athlete Apostolos Parellis will take takes part in the discus final at 4.50 Cyprus time on Saturday, becoming the second Cypriot to compete in the
Parellis advances to discus final in Rio (Updated: skeet shooter Eleftheriou fails to qualify)
Cypriot athlete Apostolos Parellis advanced to men`s discus final at Rio Olympic Games on Friday, after throwing 63.35 metres in the preliminary round. Parellis, 31, is
Kontides struggles in run-up to ‘medal race’
SAILING Olympic-medal hopeful Pavlos Kontides returned to poor form on Wednesday, finishing 25th in the day’s first race and sixth in the second at the
