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Duplantis does it again, breaks pole vault world record for the 13th time
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Italian athlete dies at World Games in China
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'World's oldest marathon runner' dies aged 114 in road accident
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BKSP blaze track with record-breaking run
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Stakes high as Russia doping report released
The report to be released Monday into allegations of widespread state-sponsored doping in Russia has already sparked rumblings it could trigger the "nuclear option" of a full ban of Russia from the Rio Olympics.
18 July 2016, 07:05 AM
Islamist planned attack on French Olympic team - intelligence chief
A Brazilian Islamist militant is plotting an attack against the French delegation at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the head of a French intelligence agency says.
14 July 2016, 07:33 AM
Two Bangladesh athletes get wild card entry for Rio Olympics
The International Olympic Committee approve 'wild card' entries to the Olympic Games for two Bangladeshi athletes, Mahfuzur Rahman Sagor and Sonia Akhter Tumpa.
9 July 2016, 09:23 AM
Body parts wash ashore next to Rio Olympic venue
Parts of a mutilated body wash up on the sands of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, just meters (yards) from where beach volleyball athletes will compete in the upcoming Olympics.
30 June 2016, 08:57 AM
Usain Bolt gears up for Olympic trials
Usain Bolt will embark on the first major test of what he plans to be a triumphant swansong Thursday as the Jamaican Olympic athletics trials get under way.
29 June 2016, 08:28 AM
Rio state declares financial emergency, requests funding for Olympics
Rio de Janeiro's governor declares a state of financial emergency and requests federal funds to help fulfill obligations for public services during the Olympics that start August 5.
18 June 2016, 09:24 AM
Russia should remain banned, says leading IOC official
Russia's athletes should stay banned from international competition and not be allowed to take part in the Rio Games, says a leading Olympic official.
17 June 2016, 09:05 AM
Russia in IAAF dock ahead of Rio Olympics
Scandal-hit Russia will likely discover Friday that it has not done enough to get back into world track and field's governing body, the IAAF, in time for its athletes to compete at the Rio Olympics.
17 June 2016, 05:55 AM
Rio athletes' village unveiled in front of IOC chief
Despite financial and organisational problems that have delayed other construction projects for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the largest athletes' village in the long history of the Games is unveiled in the city on Wednesday.
16 June 2016, 09:33 AM
Studies find 'super bacteria' in Rio's Olympic venues, top beaches
Scientists find dangerous drug-resistant "super bacteria" off beaches in Rio de Janeiro that will host Olympic swimming events and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe athletes will compete when the Games start on August 5.
11 June 2016, 09:40 AM
Physically challenged athlete Selim Reza hogs the limelight
Selim Reza, a physically challenged boy from Kushtia, hoggs the limelight on the opening day of the 32nd National Junior (age-level) Athletics Championships despite finishing fourth in the high jump event at the Bangabadhu National Stadium.
27 May 2016, 21:14 PM
IOC 'concerned' about Tokyo bribery scandal
A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official says he takes allegations of illegal payments to help Tokyo secure the 2020 Games "seriously" but said his group will not conduct a probe of their own.
26 May 2016, 11:06 AM
Brazil investigating possible corruption at Olympic venues
Brazilian investigators expand their probe into possible corruption around the staging of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August to include all the venues and services financed with federal funds, a lead prosecutor told Reuters.
26 May 2016, 07:00 AM
Rio artists highlight city's violent underbelly
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to play Olympic host, one art exhibit is flying a less than celebratory five-ring flag portraying five youngsters shot dead by police in this often deadly city.
24 May 2016, 08:29 AM
Russia says it backs IOC over Beijing doping action
Russia's sports ministry says on Wednesday it fully supports actions by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar athletes who dope from competitions, but said clean athletes should not be excluded from the Rio games.
18 May 2016, 10:12 AM
Extra-strong condoms for Aussie Olympic team
Australia's Olympians will be issued with free super-strength condoms in Rio to minimise any infection from the Zika virus, officials say on Monday.
16 May 2016, 05:14 AM
Bolt eyeing sub-19
Sprint king Usain Bolt aims to crown his legacy with an unprecedented Olympic threepeat at the Rio Games, and to
20 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Russia pledges to cooperate
Russia on Tuesday pledged to cooperate with anti-doping and international athletics authorities after a damning report into allegations of doping and corruption in athletics in the country.
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Shelly-Ann's treble
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce roared to an unprecedented third women's 100 metres world title in a flash of green dreadlocks on Monday.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Athletes top rich list
Forbes magazine has made a list of the highest paid celebrities in the world. While movie starts and singers are littered throughout the list, athletes also make up a large portion of the list, including the top two spots.
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM