PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Olympic officials are discussing measures to combat the spread of a virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea after 42 new cases...
GENEVA: Russia was banned from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee over its state-orchestrated doping programme, but clean Russian athletes will...
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's parliament on Sunday endorsed a new law on sport which it hopes will end bans from international competitions over alleged government...
LAUSANNE. SWITZERLAND: Usain Bolt lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals on Wednesday when the International Olympic Committee stripped Jamaica of their 4x100m...
ROME: Rome's new mayor, Virginia Raggi, pulled the plug on the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying staging the summer games would bury the Italian capital under mountains of debt and tonnes of cement.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from the Rio Olympics after refusing to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson following the end of their bout, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee ordered individual sports federations to decide whether Russian competitors should take part in the Rio Games after failing to agree on a complete ban over Russia's state-run doping.
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has filed suit in a Swiss court seeking $1 billion in damages from the International Olympic Committee over its suspension from competition, its youth and information minister said.
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday unveiled its first ever team of refugees which will have 10 members and 12 officials and will compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games under the Olympic flag.
BERLIN: Twenty-three athletes from five sports tested positive for banned drugs in re-checks of 265 samples from the 2012 London Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday.
BERLIN: The preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics will not be affected by the Brazilian senate's vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday.
MONACO: The International Olympic Committee will unveil plans to overhaul parts of the sporting extravaganza next week as they look to make the Games more attractive to fans and sponsors alike.
BERLIN: The International Olympic Committee has met with the new Saudi Arabian Olympic chief to discuss women's participation in the Games among other issues, amid the country's failure to send any female athletes to the Asian Games.
LAHORE: President of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Lt Gen (retd) Arif Hasan said on Sunday that although national hockey team is not present in...
SEOUL: Anti-doping measures for the 2014 Sochi Olympics will be the toughest of any Winter Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Thursday.
Bach,...