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Rio 2016 organisers unveil innovative Olympic torch

04/07/2015

Brazil

Brazil reveals Olympic torch design

With just over a year until the start of the 2016 Olympics, Brazil has unveiled its torch design for the Games. Over the next 12 months the lanterns

04/07/2015

Sport

British cycling end partnership with Sky

British Cycling has announced it is to end its association with broadcaster Sky in 2016. The partnership was formed in 2008 to help raise the sport’s

01/07/2015

World News

Eurosport acquire Olympic broadcasting rights through to 2024

30/06/2015

Sport

Japan appoint first Olympic minister

Toshiaki Endo has been appointed as Japan’s first Olympic minister. Top of the agenda for the 65-year-old is to guide the country through

25/06/2015

Sport

Paris joins race to host 2024 Olympic Games

Paris has thrown its hat into the ring to host the 2024 summer Olympics. The French capital joins Boston, Rome and Hamburg as the only cities so far

23/06/2015

France

2024 Olympic Games hopefuls at a glance

Paris, Hamburg or Rome? Boston or Budapest? On the day that the French capital officially announced its candidature to host the 2024 Olympic Games

23/06/2015

France

Fourth time lucky? Paris joins race to host 2024 Olympic Games

23/06/2015

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Tibetan activists disrupt Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics

11/06/2015

World News

Cold War sports: how Moscow and the West played for supremacy

09/06/2015

Sport

IOC concerned over Rio sailing venue pollution; adds new sports to 2018 Olympics

08/06/2015

United Kingdom

Farah pulls out from Birmingham Diamond League

07/06/2015

Sport

Poll support for sports chief's attack on IOC as federations flee

20/05/2015

Brazil

WADA lifts Rio Olympic drug-testing lab ban

14/05/2015

Sport

IOC must choose between clean-up and cover-up: SportAccord chief

SportAccord President Marius Vizer fiercely criticised the International Olympic Committee for a lack of transparency on Monday, sending shock waves

21/04/2015

Sport

SportAccord president Marius Vizer slams IOC

Controversy erupted at the SportAccord convention in the Russian resort of Sochi after its chief Marius Vizer launched a scathing attack on the

20/04/2015

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At least 500kgs of dead fish wash up in Brazilian lagoon

15/04/2015

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro: Water quality causes a stink ahead of Olympics

Rio de Janeiro’s governor has admitted that a pledge to clean up waterways ahead of next year’s Olympic Games will not be fully met. It comes as

14/04/2015

France

Paris City Hall votes in favour of bidding for 2024 Olympics

13/04/2015

Italy

Aiming to win made me a champion, says Galiazzo

08/04/2015