Japan Olympic 2020 promo features competing countries as anime samurai
It's no doubt that the Japanese do a number of things better than anyone else. As the host of the...
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‘High risk’ of crucial Rio metro extension not opening for Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil), Feb 21, 2016: Rio's mayor warned that an extension of the city's metro system crucial to...
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Ennis-Hill’s coach wants Olympic camp moved due to Zika
LONDON, Feb 10, 2016: Toni Minichiello, the coach of athlete Jessica Ennis-Hill, wants the British Olympic Association to move their...
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Anti-terrorism chiefs ready for ‘worst’ at Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 5, 2016: Brazil may have so far escaped the radar of radical Islamist groups, but the...
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Brazil minister says no plans to cancel Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 5, 2016: Brazilian organizers have reiterated that they have no intention of canceling the Rio de...
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‘Ola Bola’ screening takes ex-national footballers back to 1980
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 28, 2016: It was 1980 all over again for two almost Olympians as memories of them helping...
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Bolt drops 2020 hint, targets new 200m record
KINGSTON, Jan 26, 2016: Usain Bolt says he has considered the possibility of extending his remarkable sprinting career to the...
Read moreWADA suspends Russian anti-doping agency
COLORADO SPRINGS, Nov 19, 2015: Russia's anti-doping agency (RUSADA) was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday, raising...
Read moreGuo Jie, oldest surviving Olympian, dies at 103
BEIJING, Nov 16, 2015: Guo Jie, a former Chinese discus thrower who was the world's oldest surviving Olympian, has died....
Read moreWe’ll reform in time for Rio Olympics
MOSCOW, Nov 15, 2015: Russia has set out a three-month road map to clean up its act, with the nation's...
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