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France sees no Olympic spike in Covid cases: minister

There has been no spike in Covid cases in France as tourists surge in for the Paris Olympic Games, a minister said Thursday, adding...

Cricket, baseball to make a return to Olympic Games

Baseball, cricket (T20), flag football, lacrosse and squash are the five sports submitted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Executive Board (EB) to the...

LVMH strikes Paris Olympic Games sponsorship deal

LVMH also design medals for the event and sponsor athletes.

P.T. Usha elected India’s first woman Olympic chief

Former track and field star P.T. Usha was named the first woman president of the Indian Olympic Association on Saturday, ushering in a more...

King Kipchoge retains men’s Olympic marathon title

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge underlined his credentials as the undisputed king of the marathon with a totally dominant run to retain his Olympic title on...

Japan to vaccinate Olympic athletes before Games

Japan's government had previously denied it was considering a plan to vaccinate athletes ahead of the general population

Olympic champion accuses coach of sex assault

South Korea's double Olympic short track gold medallist Shim Suk-hee has accused her former coach of sexual assault.

Olympic athletes have heart problems, too

ROME: Some Olympic athletes could be at risk while training and competing because of heart defects or dysfunction that they may not even know...

Olympic flag arrives in Tokyo for 2020 Games

TOKYO: The Olympic flag arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday as Japan's capital gears up to host the 2020 Games, with officials promising smooth sailing after Rio's sometimes shaky 2016 instalment.

Murray sails on as Nadal, Wawrinka fall in upsets

CINCINNATI: Olympic champion Andy Murray restored some order at the Western & Southern Open by cutting down South African giant Kevin Anderson to reach the quarter-finals on an upset-filled Thursday in Cincinnati.

Imperious Bolt completes amazing 100m treble

RIO: For 9.81 glorious seconds on Sunday, all the ills that have dogged athletics recently were forgotten as Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100 meters final to become the first man to win three successive Olympic titles on the track.

Gunfire feared in Olympic bus attack

RIO DE JANEIRO: A bus carrying Rio Olympics journalists came under attack Tuesday and police were investigating whether bullets were fired from the notorious City of God favela.

Girl finds stolen Olympic gold medal from parking lot

ATLANTA: A 1992 Olympic gold medal stolen from champion canoeist Joe Jacobi's car earlier this month in Atlanta was found by a 6-year-old girl and returned to him, he said on Monday.

Brazil receives Olympic flame for Rio Games

ATHENS: The Olympic flame that will burn in Rio in August for the first Games in South America was handed over to Brazil on Wednesday in the marble stadium that hosted the first modern Games in 1896.

Martial artists look beyond kung fu fighting to Olympic glory

JAKARTA: Twirling spears, swords and clubs at frightening speeds, the brightly clad fighters performing backflips and flying kicks could be mistaken for extras in a kung fu movie being shot in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

Suicide bomber kills 45 at volleyball match in Afghanistan

GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN: A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a crowd of spectators at a volleyball match in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 45 people, a provincial official said, as foreign troops withdraw from the country after more than a decade of fighting.

IOC to unveil major Olympic changes next week

MONACO: The International Olympic Committee will unveil plans to overhaul parts of the sporting extravaganza next week as they look to make the Games more attractive to fans and sponsors alike.

Asian Olympic officials upset that athletes stopped from competing

SOUTH KOREA: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has criticised the world governing bodies for basketball and men's tennis, saying they were preventing athletes from representing their countries at international events.

Pistorius cleared of murder, culpable homicide verdict to come

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius was cleared on Thursday of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but the Olympic and Paralympic track star faces a troubled night after the South African judge adjourned for the day before ruling on a charge of culpable homicide.
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