The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
Japanese officials undertook 'anti-terrorism' drills involving dogs trained to detect suspicious items, including explosives, at Tokyo Station on Wednesday as they ramp up security preparations for.. Reuters - Published
Russian athletes continue to be banned from international track and field competitions, as world athletics body says Russia has not done enough to tackle doping.
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Gizmodo reports levels of radiation as high as 71 microsieverts per hour have been detected near Japan’s J-Village. The sports facility is the starting point of the upcoming Olympic torch relay. The..
A key anti-doping committee recommended that Russia face a ban from global sports including the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and World Championships.View on euronews
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Simone Biles wasn’t at first told about the investigation into her team’s doctor, Larry Nassar. The Olympic gold medalist wasn’t told for more than a year after she spoke about the doctor...
South Korean boy band BTS will not be given exemption from mandatory military service, the defence ministry has said, reaffirming its policy of no exceptions for pop stars. Emer McCarthy reports.
Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang's place in the 2020 Tokyo Games hinges on an appeal by WADA to overturn a decision by swimming's governing body FINA to clear Sun of wrongdoing during a random drug..
Nicola Adams, the two-time Olympic champion and current WBO flyweight world champion, has announced her retirement from boxing at the age of 37. Adams penned an open letter to her local newspaper, the..
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The second leak in two years along the Keystone pipeline was discovered in North Dakota Tuesday night. Business Insider reports the leak spilled half an Olympic-sized swimming pool's worth of crude oil..
Tour de France winner and double Olympic champion Geraint Thomas said he chatted about his new baby son with the Duke of Cambridge as the Welsh cyclist received an OBE at Buckingham Palace. Thomas, who..
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Tiger Woods says he is "right on schedule" after recent knee surgery as he prepares to return to competition at this week's Zozo Championship following two months on the sidelines. Rough cut - no..
Simone Biles put on a record-breaking clinic at the gymnastics world championships where she won five gold medals and set the record for most world medals for any gymnast, male or female. The..
Simone Biles keeps pushing gymnastics to new heights; both literally and figuratively. According to CNN, the 4-foot, 8-inch Olympic gymnast just won her fifth all-around world title. With her latest..
US Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart says the World Anti-Doping Agency "must get tougher" and ban all Russian athletes from competing at the Olympics. BBC News - Published
Russia should be hit with a four-year Olympic ban and barred from all world championships for the manipulation of data retrieved from a tainted Moscow laboratory, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).. Reuters - Published
The global governing body of athletics on Friday suspended the reinstatement process for Russia pending the resolution of charges imposed on its athletics federation for violating anti-doping rules,.. Reuters - Published
Short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc has joined the ranks of leading sponsors of the Olympic Games with a nine year deal to help provide accommodation for the world's biggest sporting event and.. Reuters - Published
China's triple Olympic champion Sun Yang tells an appeal hearing that he missed a doping test because testers failed to prove their identity. BBC News - Published
Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams has retired from boxing over fears she could lose her sight. But what are the pros and cons of being a boxer? BBC News - Published
A former Olympic champion who had just been re-elected mayor of a big city in Hungary said he would resign following his involvement in a sex scandal that eroded support for the ruling Fidesz party in.. Reuters - Published
Laura Kenny will race in the madison, the omnium and the team pursuit at the European Championships in the Netherlands next week as a possible dry run for the Olympics. BBC News - Published
Steve Cram says four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah should not be seen as guilty by his association with banned coach Alberto Salazar. BBC News - Published
Dina Asher-Smith's 100m World Championships silver puts her in the frame for further success at next year's Olympics, says Denise Lewis. BBC News - Published
Watch as 11-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown moves closer to Olympic qualification, after scoring 58.3 to win bronze at the Park World Championships in Sao Paulo. BBC News - Published
South Korea has asked the International Olympic Committee to bar Japan from using the "Rising Sun" flag at next year's Games, Seoul's sports ministry said on Wednesday, as the Asian neighbours engage.. Reuters - Published
Named after the Olympic flame when she was born days before Japan hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964, Seiko Hashimoto has lived up to her name by taking part in seven Olympics and doing it in two.. Reuters - Published
Two-time Olympic champion David Rudisha thanks "the Almighty God for the gift of life" after surviving a car accident in his native Kenya. BBC News - Published
Dina Asher-Smith underlines why is she seen as a World Championships medal contender with an impressive display in the 200m at the Birmingham Grand Prix. BBC News - Published
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Allyson Felix says female athletes will "no longer be financially penalised for having a child" after Nike changed its sponsorship contracts. BBC News - Published
When Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen started work at the No. 40 Garment Factory, it was still producing boots and uniforms for the Vietnamese army, just as it had done during the Southeast Asian country's long.. Reuters - Published
Olympic and World champion Simone Biles has criticised USA Gymnastics for its failure to protect athletes from being abused by Larry Nassar. BBC News - Published
Latroya, Troy and Jayla Pina have never been to Cape Verde, but the siblings have all been picked for its 2020 Olympics swimming team. BBC News - Published
A war of words over ownership of a group of tiny islands in the sea between Japan and South Korea spilled over to the Olympics on Wednesday as Tokyo criticized Seoul's complaint over a map of Japan on.. Reuters - Published
A war of words over ownership of a group of tiny islands in the sea between Japan and South Korea spilled over to the Olympics again as Tokyo on Wednesday criticized Seoul's complaint over the labeling.. Reuters - Published
Olympic silver medallist Siobhan-Marie O'Connor says she feared she would be forced to quit swimming after being in hospital with her colitis condition. BBC News - Published
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