Sports / Olympics

Olympics-Australians stay away from Village due to blocked toilets, exposed wiring 24 Jul 2016 - 06:20 pm

Soldiers of the Brazilian Armed Forces stand guard outside the 2016 Rio Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 24, 2016. (REUTERS/Pilar...

Olympics: Timeline of Russian doping scandal 24 Jul 2016 - 06:16 pm

his file photo taken on July 06, 2016 shows Russia Yulia Stepanova walking on the track as she was injured during the 800...

IOC will not impose blanket ban on Russia for Rio Olympics 24 Jul 2016 - 05:28 pm

(AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI) By Karolos Grohmann The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month's...

Sports court rejects Russian appeal against Olympic athletics ban 21 Jul 2016 - 12:40 pm

the Olympic and Russian flags during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 7, 2014...

Call for Russia ban from Olympics after probe finds state-run doping 18 Jul 2016 - 06:17 pm

This file photo taken on February 23, 2014 shows an Olympic Games flag and a Russian flag waving during the closing ceremony of...

IAAF only clears Russian long jumper for Rio 10 Jul 2016 - 04:13 pm

Russia's Darya Klishina (file photo / Reuters) Moscow: The IAAF on Sunday cleared only long jumper Darya Klishina to compete at the Rio...

Rio governor warns Olympics could be 'big failure' 27 Jun 2016 - 05:37 pm

The logo of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games painted in green to distinguish it as the special lane for the games, on a...

Grainger gets Games green light for record bid 27 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's Katherine Grainger (front) and Anna Watkins. (Reuters / File photo) London: Olympic rowing champion and three-time silver medalist Katherine Grainger's dream to...

India's Dutee Chand defies the odds to make Rio 100m 25 Jun 2016 - 04:22 pm

Dutee Chand (AFP) MUMBAI: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand made the cut for the women's 100m at the Rio Olympics on Saturday, less than...

Kuwait sues IOC for $1 billion over Olympic ban 25 Jun 2016 - 11:42 am

KUWAIT: Kuwait is seeking $1 billion in damages from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for banning the country from international competitions, state news...

Amazon jaguar shot dead at Olympic torch ceremony 22 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The Olympic Torch, hold by an athlete, is seen by a jaguar --symbol of Amazonia-- during a ceremony in Manaus, northern Brazil, on...

Suspended Sharapova named on Russian Olympic team 26 May 2016 - 05:17 pm

Moscow: Russia have included Maria Sharapova in their Olympic tennis team despite the star player being suspended over a positive test for the...

31 athletes to miss Rio after Beijing re-tests 17 May 2016 - 04:28 pm

People cheer playing instruments during the Ibero American Athletics Championships serving as test event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic...

Park's Rio hopes boosted by local Olympic boss 17 May 2016 - 11:57 am

South Korea's Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan. (REUTERS/KIM HONG-JI) SEOUL: The head of the Korea Olympic Committee offered a glimmer of hope to...

Flame lands in Brazil for 90-day relay to RIO Games 03 May 2016 - 02:49 pm

Carlos Nuzman (C), president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, Brazil's Sports Minister Ricardo Leyser (L) and Brasilia's Governor Rodrigo Rollemberg pose with...

South Korea reveals Zika-proof clothing for Rio 27 Apr 2016 - 06:43 pm

Models pose for photographers wearing uniforms of the South Korean official national team kit for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Taeneung...

Rio Games countdown starts with Olympia torch lighting 21 Apr 2016 - 01:50 pm

Olympic flame first torch bearer, Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias (R) passes the torch to second bearer, former volleyball player Giovane Gavio from Brazil,...

Rousseff says 2016 Games ahead of schedule 20 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, talks during a press conference with foreign media in Brasilia, Brazil, on 19 April 2016. EPA/Fernando Bizerra Jr. Brasília: ...