IOC president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that athletes and federations face life bans from the Olympics as he warned that doping has hit "an unprecedented level of criminality".
A Japanese official who led the successful bid for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics said the Japanese Olympic Committee plans to investigate the bidding after questions were raised about payments by the bid committee.
Thirty one athletes from six sports could be banned from this year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics after 454 doping samples were re-tested from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the IOC said ...
Japan on Friday said it would question officials involved in Tokyo's successful 2020 Olympics bid over a multi-million dollar payment which is being probed by French investigators.
Japan insisted its successful bid for the 2020 Olympics was ‘clean’ on Thursday after a new report alleged clandestine payments surrounding the campaign for the Tokyo Games.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers on Monday announced a new logo nearly eight months after the original choice was scrapped over a plagiarism scandal, but faced immediate criticism ...
Internationally renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose designs included the London Aquatics Centre used in the 2012 summer Olympics, has died aged 65, her company said.
The head of Qatar's renowned Aspire Academy believes the centre's graduates this summer could double the number of Olympic medals the Gulf country has ever won.
Boxing's global governing body will vote within three months on proposals that would allow all professional fighters to compete in the Olympic Games, including in Rio, AIBA's president told AFP ...
The presence of the Zika virus in Brazil won't compromise the Olympics in August, President Dilma Rousseff vowed Saturday as soldiers went door-to-door across the country to share key tips on how to stem the outbreak.
Qatar has a ‘vision and target’ of hosting a Summer Olympics and will bid to hold future games, a senior member of the Gulf country's olympics committee said on Monday.
Japan is on track to match its highest ever haul of gold medals at this year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to data and statistics company Infostrada Sports.
