ICO has said it was up to each international sports federation to decide if Russians could take part in Rio

New Zealand’s Olympic team said they were satisfied with their accommodation for the Rio de Janeiro Games on Sunday, despite their trans-Tasman Sea neighbours Australia refusing to move in.

Teenager Heba Allejji, Syria’s first Olympic table-tennis player, says she wants to show that the sport is alive and well in her country despite the civil war that is driving many fellow players abroad.

The 22-year-old leads a strong Australian cohort of gold medal contenders

India captain Virat Kohli walks off the field after day four of the cricket test match between West Indies and India at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John’s, Antigua, on Sunday.

No sooner had Chris Froome wrapped up a third Tour de France after three weeks on the road covering 3,500km, than his thoughts turned to Olympic gold.

The 2016 race won’t live long in memories, but that moment will, as Chris Froome, clad from head to toe in yellow and on foot, sensationally ran to the finish line of the race’s most iconic mountain, demonstrating the single-minded determination that would guide him to his third Tour triumph

Qatar’s basketball players yesterday pose with the FIBA 3x3 U-18 Asian Championship trophy as they arrived at Hamad International Airport in Doha after winning the second edition of the championship in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) yesterday denied accusations it is trying to take over the sport, following a controversial decision to let professional boxers fight at the Rio Olympics.

‘I’m looking forward to winning a gold medal and doing it in front of all my family’

Al Shaqab Endurance Team’s Mohamed Khalifa al-Sowaidi bagged a silver medal astride Al Shaqab’s young horse, Dufawan in CEI2* 120-KM event in Mouzieys Teulet, France.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen yesterday re-signed with the New Zealanders until 2019, giving him the chance to defend the World Cup in Japan.