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World

Winning back the trust of athletes and spectators after the doping revelations

The damning report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) could draw in other Russian sports which used the same laboratory which now stands

11/11/2015

Sport

Athletes challenge validity of Russian medal winners

In light of the doping revelations some athletes are questioning the results of competitions involving Russians. At London 2012 Australian Jared

10/11/2015

Brazil

Rio Olympic organisers to cut lavish spending by almost 30 percent

07/10/2015

Sport

Sochi 2015: Russia's expensive Olympic village falling into ruin

Eighteen months after Russia hosted the most expensive winter Olympics ever in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, the complex built to accommodate

05/10/2015

Focus

Turkmenistan aims to raise the bar for international sporting events in Asia

Turkmenistan's massive sports infrastructure investment is a reflection of its long-term national and Asian sporting ambitions.

18/09/2015

Switzerland

IOC will conduct own research to make sure each Olympic bid for 2024 Games is popular

16/09/2015

Sport

Rio 2016 presents Future Arena

Despite workers adding the finishing touches to the exterior the Future Arena that will host next year’s Olympic handball and paralympic goalball

09/09/2015

Sport

Olympic 2020 logo scrapped amid plagiarism claims

Organizers of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo have scrapped the Games logo following allegations of plagiarism by a Belgian designer. Although

01/09/2015

Sport

Rudisha ready to battle it out at world championships

20/08/2015

Sport

Sebastien Coe elected IAAF President

Lord Sebastien Coe has been voted in as the new President of world athletics’ governing body IAAF replacing Senegalese Lamine Diack, who has been in

19/08/2015

Sport

Rio's polluted waters will be safe - IOC

Organizers for next year’s Olympics have played down concerns over athletes’ safety in Rio’s polluted waterways for next year’s Games.

13/08/2015

Sport

Designer for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games logo denies plagiarism

The Japanese artist responsible for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic logo design, Kenjiro Sano, has rubbished claims that he plagiarized a Belgian theatre

05/08/2015

Brazil

Rio police 'trigger happy' says Amnesty as Olympics loom

Amnesty International claim that Brazil’s military police have been responsible for the deaths of over 1,000 people in Rio de Janeiro between 2010

03/08/2015

Malaysia

'Ultimate Frisbee' scores Olympic accreditation

03/08/2015

Sport

Beijing selected as 2022 Winter Olympics host

31/07/2015

China

Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics

The host city of the 2022 winter Olympics has been announced. Beijing was awarded the games just seven years after hosting the summer Olympics in

31/07/2015

Sport

IOC set to vote between Beijing or Almaty to host 2022 Winter Olympics

The International Olympic Committee on Friday will decide who will host the 2022 Winter Games at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The

30/07/2015

USA

IOC blasts Boston for breaking Olympic bid promises

30/07/2015

Sport

European Youth Olympic Festival - day three

Georgia’s Robinzon Beglarishvili thrilled the partizan crowd on Wednesday when he won the – 60kg judo title at the European Youth Olympic Festival in

29/07/2015

Sport

Boston Olympic bid withdrawal top priority at IOC Session

28/07/2015