IOC officials have begun a three-day trip to Rio de Janeiro to discuss the city’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics, and organisers plan to take advantage of the visit to …
Britain’s 550-strong Olympic team has been advised by its top doctor to avoid shaking hands with rivals and visiting dignitaries at the London Games this summer. The reason: Olympic germs …
Japanese rider Hiroshi Hoketsu, the oldest competitor at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has won an individual dressage slot at the upcoming London Games and will take part aged 71. Hoketsu, …
Female boxers at the London Olympics will be allowed to wear either a skirt or shorts under a new amendment to amateur boxing rules. The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) …
Female boxers at the London Olympics will be allowed to wear either a skirt or shorts under a new amendment to amateur boxing rules. The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) …
Female boxers at the London Olympics will be allowed to wear either shorts or a skirt under a new amendment to amateur boxing rules. The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) …
Every one of Britain’s 900 Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be tested for banned drugs at least once ahead of the London 2012 Games, it has been announced. Although UK …
The London Olympics will be opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, a Buckingham Palace spokesman says. The royal couple will open the Games at the 80,000-seater Olympic …
Henry Frayne can write two pieces of athletic history this week as he aims to qualify for a rare Olympic long jump and triple jump double. Frayne goes into the …
Giant Olympic rings have been launched on the River Thames in London to mark 150 days until the start of the 2012 Games. The rings – 25 metres wide and …
The British Olympic Association conceded for the first time on Monday that athlete support for its lifetime doping ban has significantly declined ahead of a hearing that will determine the …
Great Britain face being beaten by rivals Australia and Germany in the medals table at the London 2012 Olympics unless performances improve from last year’s world championships. Too many silver …
Australia’s Olympic team in London will be the nation’s smallest at a summer Games since 1992, following the failure of the men’s soccer team to qualify. The Olyroos’ 1-0 loss …
They escorted (apparently) bloodied passengers up to ambulances, cordoned off the street near an (apparently) stricken London underground station, rushed to find an (apparently) half-exploded backpack. Ah, but it was …
Favourites India have overcome a stiff challenge from lower-ranked Canada to post a 3-2 win and virtually book a place in the men’s final of the Olympic hockey qualifying tournament …
British emergency services have held a huge pre-Olympics security exercise, centring on a mock terrorist attack on the London Underground. The two-day test – called “Exercise Forward Defensive” – started …
Penalty-corner expert Sandeep Singh scored a hat-trick as India boosted their chances of making it to the men’s final with a 6-2 win over France in the Olympic qualifying tournament …
IOC member Mario Pescante is stepping down from his position as vice president of the Olympic body, saying he feels let down by the Italian government’s refusal to back Rome’s …
