Category: Rio Olympics 2016

45 athletes test positive after reanalysis of 2008, 2012 Games samples

Geneva, July 22 (IANS) A total of 45 athletes, who participated in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games in…

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Russia hopes IOC will allow its clean athletes to compete in Rio Olympics

Moscow, July 22 (IANS) Russia hopes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow its athletes not caught up in recent…

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Russia hopes IOC will allow its clean athletes to compete in Rio Olympics

Moscow, July 22 (IANS) Russia hopes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allow its athletes not caught up in recent…

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Understand Rio’s difficulties in hosting Games: Chinese official

Beijing, July 22 (IANS) The difficulties in Rio's preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games should be fully understood, a senior…

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Israel to field its biggest ever Olympic team at Rio 2016

Jerusalem, July 22 (IANS) Israel will be participating in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with its biggest ever…

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Olympic sculpture inaugurated on Rio’s Copacabana beach

Rio de Janeiro, July 22 (IANS) An Olympic rings sculpture made from 65 kg of recycled plastic bottles has been…

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Rio 2016: Mexican president sends off Olympic athletes

Mexico, July 22 (IANS) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto met with the country's athletes competing at the 2016 Olympic Games…

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Rio 2016: Mexican president sends off Olympic athletes

Mexico, July 22 (IANS) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto met with the country's athletes competing at the 2016 Olympic Games…

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Fans scramble for last major batch of Olympic tickets

Rio de Janeiro, July 22 (IANS) Fans bought more than 100,000 tickets in less than five hours after the final…

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CAS upholds ban on Russian athletes

Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC)…

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Czech Olympic Committee opposes Olympic ban on Russian athletes

Prague, July 21 (IANS) The Czech Olympic Committee has described the ban on Russian athletes taking part in the upcoming…

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CAS upholds ban on Russian athletes

Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committee’s appeal…

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Shuttler Saina seeded fifth; Sindhu, Srikanth ninth seeds for Rio

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded fifth while P.V. Sindhu got the ninth seeding…

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Kremlin slams ban on Russian athletes from Rio Olympics

Moscow, July 21 (IANS) The Kremlin considers the blanket ban on Russian field and track athletes from the upcoming Olympics…

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CAS upholds ban on Russian athletes

Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committee’s appeal…

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Uruguay’s president receives national Olympic squad

Montevideo (Uruguay) July 21 (IANS) Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez presented the official banner that the country's flag-bearer will carry at…

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Indian women’s hockey team win 2nd tie of US tour

Manheim (Pennsylvania), July 21 (IANS) The Indian women's hockey team beat the US girls 2-1 in their second game of…

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Russians can win medals in almost all Olympic events: Zhukov

Moscow, July 21 (IANS) Russian athletes can aspire to bag medals in almost all the disciplines at the forthcoming Summer…

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Rio-bound judoka Avtar laments lack of government support

By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) He has not only vaulted 130 spots in the world rankings after…

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Rio 2016: Brazilian army undergoes riot control simulation

Rio de Janeiro, July 20 (IANS) Around 1,000 marines from the Brazilian army underwent a riot control test in Rio…

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