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Sanction by the sport's governing body comes nine months before the Rio Olympic Games.

Four time Olympic medallist has expressed her sadness over drug-doping allegations facing Russia.

Several major brands are already dealing with the fall-out from Fifa's corruption scandal.

Lord Coe beat Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in a ballot of the governing body's 50th Congress in Beijing.

Professional cyclists slam potential Olympic race track.

The head of the Rio 2016 committee said Rio de Janeiro can be "proud" of the four Olympic test events held so far.

Seven out of 12 winners of the event between 2001 and 2012 may have doped, the Sunday Times alleges.

International Olympic committee president Thomas Bach was attending an official countdown ceremony.

A third of medals in endurance events between 2001 and 2012 won by athletes with suspicious blood scores.

The former Labour Olympics minister claims a generation of children have been 'robbed'.

Sergey Bubka believes Kazakhstan getting close to Chinese rivals in bid to host 2022 Winter Olympics.

It is the second time the US-based coach has protested his innocence.

Athlete told reporters he was 'angry' at having his name 'dragged through the mud'.

The company said it would not renew its contracts with Israeli prisons.

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.