Olympic flag arrives in Rio, host of 2016 Games
The Olympic flag arrived Monday in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Games -- a challenge which authorities in Brazil say the city is prepared to conquer.
Weightlifting: Ilya Ilyin will do PhD in Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism
Two-time Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan is going to start doing his PhD course in Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism this year.
Olympic champion Podobedova getting married
Olympic weightlifting champion Svetlana Podobedova is going to get married to her colleague Vladimir Sedov, 2009 world weightlifting champion.
Kazakhstan Paralympic athletes depart for London on August 22
Kazakhstan Paralympic winners will get money prizes of $50,000 for gold, $35,000 for silver and $25,000 for bronze medals.
Olympics: Soul-searching China focus on 'Olympic spirit'
China played down the frantic drive for gold medals and focused on "Olympic spirit" and sportsmanship at a London Games marked by an unusual bout of soul-searching.
Winter Sports Center to be constructed in Pavlodar in honor of Prokasheva
Yerlan Aryn, Pavlodar oblast’s Akim has promised to construct a new Winter Sports Center in Pavlodar.
Serik Sapiyev to get Toyota Land Cruiser from Karaganda oblast administration
Boxer Serik Sapiyev will get Toyota Land Cruiser-200 from Karaganda oblast for his gold medal at London Olympics.
Olympics: Curtain falls on 'glorious' London Games
The London Olympics closed in a blaze of music and colour Sunday after a two-week sporting festival that electrified the host nation and was watched by billions around the world.
Olga Rypakova did not get a cabriolet
The information that the Mayor of East-Kazakhstan oblast gave a cabriolet to Olympic champion Olga Rypakova turned out to be not true.