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Tottenham Hotspur forward Heung-Min Son awaits decision over Rio 2016 Olympic participation
Son is eager to feature for South Korea this summer after missing out on a bronze medal at London 2012.
Indian Olympic Association approaches Sachin Tendulkar to be brand ambassador, Salman Khan stays
Abhinav Bindra and A R Rahman among others approached by the IOA.
Willian hopeful of Chelsea resolution as Brazilian targets both Copa America and Olympics games
Olympic involvement would see Willian miss both pre-season and the first matches of Antonio Conte's reign.
Usain Bolt eyes triple three-peat at Rio 2016 Olympics
Sprinter wants to top that off by running the first sub-19 seconds 200m time.
Rising star Taron Egerton talks 'legend' Eddie the Eagle at European premiere
Film is inspired by true story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards.
Russia is not yet fit for 2016 Olympics amid doping crisis admits IAAF president Lord Coe
The 59-year-old official has delivered an update on Russia's potential involvement with the next Games.
Manchester United: Andreas Pereira given Brazil hope for Rio 2016 despite struggles at Old Trafford
Pereira has been named in friendlies ahead of a decision on the final Brazil squad for the Olympics.
Rio Olympics 2016: World No. 1 Serena Williams aiming for gold in Rio, weighs in on Zika virus
Serena Williams is looking to win gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics amid Zika virus concerns
The Jump: Viewers demand Channel 4 show be axed after gymnast Beth Tweddle breaks her back
Actress Tina Hobley and Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington have already exited the competition due to injury.
Dominican Republic: Meet the stateless boxer who dreams of being the next Floyd Mayweather
Adonis Peguero Louis dreamed of using boxing to pull his family out of poverty.
Neale Coleman: Top Jeremy Corbyn aide's 'resignation' prompts Labour in-fighting claims
Coleman apparently made the move after rowing with Labour communications chief Seumas Milne.
Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira could leave on loan as he bids to realise Olympic dream
Pereira claims he needs to play more in order to become "more visible" ahead of the 2016 games in Rio.
Shami Chakrabarti: Who is the outgoing director of civil rights group Liberty?
IBTimes UK profiles one of Britain's most well-known human rights campaigners.
Speedo unveils Fastskin swimsuit for Rio 2016 Olympics
Speedo's stable of athletes have accounted for 78 Olympic medals and 17 world records.
Tests find Olympic water in Rio de Janeiro heavily polluted with raw sewage
AP found that viral levels in Rio waters were 30,000 times higher than levels thought to be alarming.
Japan: Olympics stadium falls farther behind schedule
An outcry by the public over soaring costs led to the scrapping of the stadium design this summer.
Athletics doping scandal: Russia suspended from international competition by IAAF
Sanction by the sport's governing body comes nine months before the Rio Olympic Games.
Rebecca Adlington: 'We need to try and make sport 100% clean across the board'
Four time Olympic medallist has expressed her sadness over drug-doping allegations facing Russia.
Athletics doping scandal could scare off sponsors
Several major brands are already dealing with the fall-out from Fifa's corruption scandal.
Incoming IAAF president Sebastian Coe says he's ready to lead Olympics' biggest sport
Lord Coe beat Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in a ballot of the governing body's 50th Congress in Beijing.
Rio 2016: Olympic cyclists dubious about mountainous race course
Professional cyclists slam potential Olympic race track.
Rio 2016: Olympics committee confident over quality of water
The head of the Rio 2016 committee said Rio de Janeiro can be "proud" of the four Olympic test events held so far.
London Marathon results called into question by IAAF leak
Seven out of 12 winners of the event between 2001 and 2012 may have doped, the Sunday Times alleges.
Rio 2016: IOC's Thomas Bach says there is 'still pressure' on organising committee
International Olympic committee president Thomas Bach was attending an official countdown ceremony.
Athletics mired in fresh doping scandal as IAAF leak reveals 'extraordinary extent of cheating'
A third of medals in endurance events between 2001 and 2012 won by athletes with suspicious blood scores.
London Olympics: Coalition government 'squandered' legacy says Tessa Jowell
The former Labour Olympics minister claims a generation of children have been 'robbed'.
Sergey Bubka: Race between Almaty and Beijing to stage 2022 Winter Olympics is close
Sergey Bubka believes Kazakhstan getting close to Chinese rivals in bid to host 2022 Winter Olympics.
Mo Farah coach Alberto Salazar denies doping allegations
It is the second time the US-based coach has protested his innocence.
Mo Farah withdraws from Birmingham Diamond League race after coach hit by doping accusations
Athlete told reporters he was 'angry' at having his name 'dragged through the mud'.
G4S AGM disrupted by Palestine protests for fourth year in a row
The company said it would not renew its contracts with Israeli prisons.