olympics

Huge model of the Olympics rings, shipped over from England, was unveiled in Madureira Park in Rio de Janeiro.

USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky confirms IOC's decision to disqualify 4x100m team.

Jamaican sprint gold medalist Usain Bolt visited the Olympic centre in Rio de Janeiro's ahead of the Mano a Mano 100m race

The 18-time gold medallist will attempt to add to his Olympic legacy by competing at next year's Rio Games.

Newly released footage shows a sailor crashing into rubbish floating in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay.

Rio turns rubbish into 'art' to dramatise Olympic bay clean-up task.

If convicted of murder, Pistorius could receive a prison sentence of at least 15 years.

There is just under a year and half to go before the Summer Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016

Registration for tickets to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has opened, with some tickets available for just 40 Brazilian reales (£10) and 20 reales (£5) for students and seniors, the Rio 2016 organising committee announced Thursday (January 15).

Boston has been selected as the American candidate city that will bid for the opportunity to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, the US Olympic Committee said on Thursday (January 8).

It will take the total budget to more than £600m

Dubai's sports city has a 25,000-seat capacity cricket stadium, a championship golf course and several Academy campuses, offering globally recognized training.

'Thorpedo' ends years of speculation by 'coming out' in Michael Parkinson interview.

IBTimes takes a look at how the World Cup compares financially to other sporting events.

'Small chance' Brazil could be stripped of Rio 2016 Olympics over sluggish construction.

The world's first Olympics for bionic athletes aims to encourage the development of performance-enhancing technology.

We look at some of the recent scandals to engulf outsourcing giant G4S.

Olympic committee reject Ukraine's athlete's bid to remember 25 killed in Kiev unrest.

The film is a biopic on Olympian and war hero, Louis Zamperini.

Arsene Wenger believes their schedule now is comparable to an Olympian's fate.

Murder trail looming for Paralympian Oscar Pistorius who for shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Russian media claim that Medvedev took a shine to VIP chalet at the Winter Olympics and kept it for himself.

The operating budget for the Olympics and Paralympic Games in 2016 has jumped 27 percent to $2.93 billion (£1.7 billion).

BBC's 'Voice of Sport', the man who pioneered modern TV sports presenting, falls silent aged 87.

White House names two openly gay athletes to represent US at Russian Games

Dustin Lance Black, the boyfriend of diver Tom Daley, hits back at the leaked sex video of himself and an ex-lover.

Daley's partner is LGBT rights activist who directed Oscar-winning movie Milk.

Kenya's Wilson Kipsang broke the marathon world record in Berlin, smashing the previous fastest time by 15 seconds.

Anti-gay lawmaker Vitaly Milonov says Fry is a 'bringer of evil' for expressing his views about Russia's anti-gay laws.

Devis Licciardi used false penis containing unadulterated urine to fool dope-test officials at race in Molfetta, Italy.