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IOC PRESIDENT RAISES RUSSIA'S HOPE FOR OLYMPIC REDEMPTION


Korean alphabet offers ghana, nigeria, sa early entrance at winter olympics... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 4

IOC BANS ATHLETES FROM FLYING RUSSIAN FLAG AT PYEONGCHANG CLOSING CEREMONY


Russians have been competing as neutral athletes at the Pyeongchang Games, having had their Olympic status suspended as punishment for state-sponsored doping at Sochi 2014... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 318

IOC UPHOLDS BAN OF RUSSIA THROUGH WINTER GAMES


International olympic committee unanimously approves recommendation of executive board... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 124

RUSSIA BARRED FROM FLYING FLAG AT GAMES CLOSING CEREMONY


The IOC said two Russian doping violations during the Pyeongchang Games had marred an otherwise clean report card for the Russian delegation at the Games... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 493

RUSSIAN OLYMPIANS FILE LIBEL SUIT AGAINST DOPING WHISTLEBLOWER


Russian Olympians file libel suit against doping whistleblower... READ MORE

20th February, 2018 7

2,500 ANTI-DOPING TESTS TO BE TAKEN DURING PYEONGCHANG GAMES


A total of 2,500 urine and blood tests are planned during the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, confirmed the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA here on Thursday... READ MORE

10th February, 2018 0

DICK POUND CRITICIZES IOC FOR NOT PUNISHING RUSSIA STRONGLY ENOUGH FOR OLYMPIC DOPING


But individual athletes can compete as OARs, Olympic Athletes from Russia, wearing neutral uniforms but without a national anthem or flag... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 1047

NORTH KOREA EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES


The North Korean representative at the International Olympic Committee has said his country Will probably participate in next month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 4

'THERE WILL BE GAMES IN PYEONGCHANG OR THERE WILL BE NO GAMES,' CANADA'S DICK POUND SAYS


The 2018 Winter Olympics will happen despite the U.S. equivocation, the Russia ban and military tension in the area, believes one International Olympic Committee member... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 352

Trending News Headlines : Ellis Cashmore

RUSSIAN HACKERS LEAK SIMONE BILES AND SERENA WILLIAMS FILES


The World Anti-Doping Agency Wada has condemned Russian hackers for leaking confidential medical files of star US Olympic athletes... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 4956

POSTPONE OR MOVE OLYMPICS, DOCTORS URGE


Igel said he and the others who signed onto the letter will continue ringing the bell about public health fears of the Games remaining in Brazil... READ MORE

28th May, 2016 2333

MOVE OLYMPICS OVER ZIKA CALL REJECTED


The World Health Organization WHO has rejected a call to move or postpone this summer's Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak... READ MORE

28th May, 2016 1646

NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN GYMNASTS POSE FOR OLYMPIC SELFIE


North and South Korea gymnasts at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have shown the world a brief moment of unity, in the form of a selfie... READ MORE

9th August, 2016 1033

PARIS 2024 BID 'ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED' WITH IOC EVALUATION COMMISSION REPORT


The IOC members will vote for the host city of the 2024 Olympic Games during the 131st IOC Session on September 13 in Lima, Peru... READ MORE

6th July, 2017 881

CHESS PLAYERS NEED CHECKING FOR DRUGS, SCIENTISTS SAY


Drug-testing exists to some extent in chess, but only at events such as the world championship... READ MORE

27th January, 2017 728

US SWIMMER RYAN LOCHTE AND THREE OTHERS ROBBED


Gold medal-winning swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others were robbed in Rio on Saturday night, the US Olympic Committee confirms... READ MORE

14th August, 2016 686

'NO TO THE GAMES OF CONCRETE'


Rome is set to drop its bid to host the Olympic Games in 2024, after its anti-establishment mayor said it would be irresponsible to be a candidate... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 581

BEIJINGS PATH TO HOSTING 2022 OLYMPICS


31 2015 2 23 Environmentalists and residents voiced support and concern after the International Olympic Committee announced Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics... READ MORE

31st July, 2015 505

FINANCIAL CALAMITY DECLARED IN RIO WEEKS BEFORE OLYMPICS, BUT GAMES WILL GO ON


On Friday morning, Rio state Finance Minister Julio Bueno said that if the state were a company, it would enter into judicial recovery... READ MORE

18th June, 2016 502

THE OLYMPICS ARE A TEST THAT BRAZIL HAS YET TO PASS


Problems with security, facilities and transportation have challenged the Rio Games... READ MORE

13th August, 2016 383

WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY CONFIRMS RUSSIAN HACK OF RIO OLYMPIC DRUG-TESTING DATABASE


The IOC strongly condemns such methods which clearly aim at tarnishing the reputation of clean athletes, the organization said... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 331

RIO'S 'SYMBOL OF HOPE': THE INCREDIBLE STORIES OF THE WORLD'S FIRST REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM


Biel, 21, fled fighting in South Sudan in 2005, and grew up on his own in a refugee camp... READ MORE

4th June, 2016 320

RUSSIAN ATHLETES BAN IS 'UNFAIR', SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN


Meanwhile, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva said she would challenge the IAAF's decision in court, claiming it was a human rights violation ... READ MORE

18th June, 2016 304

MCLAREN REPORT PROVES SPORT GOVERNING BODIES 'USELESS AS A CHOCOLATE TEAPOT'


From the report we see that the World Athletics Championships in Moscow in 2013 are tainted by dastardly Russian doping... READ MORE

9th December, 2016 288

RIO OLYMPICS: BRAZIL WEIGHS JIHADI THREATS


Brazil's intelligence agency said it was reviewing all threats against the Rio 2016 Games after a jihadi messaging channel called for its followers to target the Olympics... READ MORE

21st July, 2016 257

DISCOVERY GAINS EUROPEAN RIGHTS TO 4 OLYMPICS


Discovery paid 1.3 billion euros or about 1.45 billion for the rights to four Olympic Games... READ MORE

30th June, 2015 226

THE QUIET VOICES SAYING 'NO' TO PARIS'S OLYMPIC BID


When the mayor was elected, she was opposed to holding the Olympic Games in Paris, he said... READ MORE

28th June, 2017 214

FRENCH LANGUAGE WATCHDOG 'DISAPPROVES' OF PARIS' ENGLISH-LANGUAGE OLYMPIC SLOGAN


Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest are vying to host the 2024 Olympics with a decision to be made by the IOC in Lima on September 13... READ MORE

17th February, 2017 183

WHO SEEKS TO ALLAY ZIKA OLYMPICS FEARS


The World Health Organization plays down concerns that the Rio Olympics will spread the Zika virus, amid calls for the Games to be postponed... READ MORE

28th May, 2016 180

WILL THE OLYMPICS HAPPEN? 3 MAJOR CONCERNS


That affects mosquito populations, including that of the Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that carries the Zika virus... READ MORE

18th May, 2016 163

CANADIAN ATHLETES, ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS TARGETED BY RUSSIAN HACKERS


Fancy Bears announced, last September, they had hacked the international anti-doping computer system that contains the medical records of thousands of athletes... READ MORE

23rd February, 2017 155

FORMER DIRECTOR OF RUSSIAN ANTIDOPING AGENCY DIES AT 52


Maybe his wife knew about such problems. Mr. Kamayev was 52... READ MORE

16th February, 2016 151

RUSSIA THINKS DOPING SCANDAL IS LATEST WESTERN PLOT


Any allegations from Moscow's geopolitical adversaries that it's misbehaving -- whether over doping in athletics or airstrikes in Syria -- really get Russians going... READ MORE

11th November, 2015 132

RUSSIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES CONFRONT WORLD OF HYPOCRISY, GEOPOLITICAL INTRIGUE & FIG LEAVES


But that fig leaf was largely absent in Rio... READ MORE

17th November, 2016 130

WILL RIO GAMES REALLY BE A CATASTROPHE?


1 in the world of golf, says he will not compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio due to concerns over the Zika virus... READ MORE

7th July, 2016 127

LIFE & DEATH ON A STREETCAR NAMED WADA


Unfortunately, the sport and theater combination is very appropriate when we touch upon the topic of the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA ... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 126

RUSSIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETES BANNED DUE TO 'WORDS OF INFORMANT, NOT A DOPE TEST'


The World Anti-Doping Agency would appear to have fallen down on its duty, which is to catch cheating athletes catch athletes who take dope... READ MORE

5th August, 2016 125

IAAF FIGHTS BACK AGAINST REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD SUSPECTED DOPING


The Sunday Times and ARD said they were given access to the doping results of over 12,000 tests from more than 5,000 athletes taken between 2001 and 2012... READ MORE

4th August, 2015 124

PARIS AND L.A. OFFERED OLYMPICS AFTER IOC MOVES TO AVERT CRISIS


Los Angeles re-entered the race after the U.S.'s previous games candidate Boston pulled out following public opposition... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 123


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