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IOC chief defends handling of Russian doping crisis

President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has defended his organisation’s treatment of the Russian doping crisis ahead of the Rio Games.

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Refugees in Rio

Refugee team to compete in the Olympics for the first time, to highlight refugee crisis.

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Rio Olympics: IOC panel to have final say on Russian athletes

With just days to go until the Rio Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) now says a three-person panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can…

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IOC refugee team members arrive in Rio

They were previously running for their lives, now they are days away from running for an Olympic medal.

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Threadbare Russian Olympic team en route to Rio

A threadbare Russian Olympic team gathered at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport to board a flight to Rio.

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Looking back at the Olympics 1936-1952

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Looking back at the Olympics: Sydney 2000

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Looking back at the Olympics 1924-1932

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Looking back at the Olympics 1956-1964

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Looking back at the Olympics 1992-1996

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Looking back at the Olympics 1896-1904

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Looking back at the Olympics 1980-1988

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Looking back at the Olympics 1908-1920

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Looking back at the Olympics 1968-1976

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Why are Australians so good at sport?

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Why does India perform so poorly at the Olympics?

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What does it take to win an Olympic medal?

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Olympics: planned economies and the need to succeed

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Hosts with the most: why home advantage brings more Olympic medals

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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.