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Eleven weightlifters, including six medalists, retest positive from London 2012

The International Weightlifting Federation has announced that 11 weightlifters, including six medalists, have tested positive in retests on samples taken at the 2012 London Olympics.

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"Roos" loos ready in Rio as team Australia returns to the Olympic Village

Australia's athletes have finally moved into the Olympic Village in Rio after work was carried out to remedy blocked toilets, leaky pipes and exposed electrical wiring.

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Aussie rowers up the creek without a paddle

The Australian rowing team are a last minute substitution for the Rio Olympics, but are having to use a borrowed boat as their's is still back in Australia.

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Exclusion of Russian athletes from Rio is 'discrimination', says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the exclusion of some Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics is "discrimination".

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'Cheats welcome at Olympics' after IOC Russia doping decision

Russian athletes have started to arrive in Rio ready to compete at the Olympic Games that start on August 5.

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Seven more Russians banned from Rio Olympics

Seven more Russian athletes were banned from competing at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday after being implicated in the damning World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into state-sponsored doping and cover

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Russia welcomes IOC decision against blanket ban on Rio athletes

The Kremlin says it welcomes the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ruling against a blanket ban on Russian athletes at the next month’s Olympics.

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FINA ban seven swimmers from Rio Games

World Swimming’s governing body FINA has banned seven Russian swimmers from competing at next month’s Rio Olympics.

Brazil

Dark clouds gather over Rio ahead of Olympics

With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Rio Olympics, there are a number of dark clouds gathered over the event that are showing little sign of…

Russia

Russian teams arrive in Rio, IOC criticised

“Doping issues, we have nothing, we have never had this issue, never in our life.

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Russia welcomes IOC decision as "objective"

Moscow has welcomed the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) saying it was grateful that it had not imposed a complete ban on Russia competing at the Rio…

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No blanket ban on Russian athletes - IOC

Russia has escaped a blanket ban from the Rio Olympics following the country’s doping scandal.