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A Brazilian court has ordered the seizure of goods and assets belonging to the broadcast-arm of the International Olympic Committee.

• 20 сентября 2016, 16:14

The fourth Kazakh boxer in a row to win Olympic welterweight gold says a deep cut that will scar him for life will be a satisfying reminder of his Rio exploits.

• 18 августа 2016, 16:42

Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov defeated Uzbekistan's Shakhram Giyasov to win welterweight Olympic boxing gold in Rio.

• 18 августа 2016, 16:38

Eight weightlifters who previously served doping bans have won medals at Rio, while others have been sent home for failed tests.

• 15 августа 2016, 15:25

Germany's weightlifting coach has called for seven countries, including Kazakhstan, to be banned from international competition/

• 11 августа 2016, 17:51

Australia's new teenage swimming sensation Kyle Chalmers won the blue riband Olympic 100m freestyle gold.

• 11 августа 2016, 15:06

Overshadowed by the Russian Olympic doping scandal, the sport of weightlifting has been waging its own battle against drug cheats.

• 02 августа 2016, 17:04

Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus are to be suspended for one year by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

• 23 июня 2016, 14:44

Kazakhstan's double Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin and three other gold medalists banned for failing dope tests at the 2012 London Olympics

• 16 июня 2016, 17:15

The head of Kazakhstan's national anti-doping centre has pledged to crack down on drug cheats ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

• 18 января 2016, 17:33

Hamburg residents voted in a crunch referendum on whether the northern German city should push ahead with its bid to host the 2024 Olympics.

• 30 ноября 2015, 14:58

World Boxing Championship 2015 has taken place in Doha, Qatar.

• 18 октября 2015, 18:18

President Dilma Rousseff's campaign will be investigated for alleged use of funds skimmed from the vast Petrobras corruption scheme, in a twist that could potentially end her term early.

• 07 октября 2015, 15:52

A South African parole board is due to meet to determine whether Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius should be released early from a prison sentence for killing his girlfriend.

• 05 октября 2015, 15:58

Japan's sports minister said he had tendered his resignation over abandoned plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics's main stadium.

• 25 сентября 2015, 14:55

Kazakhstani wrestler Doszhan Kartikov has earned the first Olympic license at the World Championship in Las Vegas.

• 10 сентября 2015, 17:53

The International Judo Federation World Ranking has been updated after the World Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.

• 03 сентября 2015, 01:23

Tokyo's 2020 Olympics organisers scrapped the event's scandal-hit logo in the latest mishap for the Games after a costs furore forced plans for a $2 billion new national stadium to be torn up.

• 02 сентября 2015, 11:01

Japan said it would slash the cost of Tokyo's new 2020 Olympic stadium by more than 40 percent, after ditching its original plan due to the eye-watering $2 billion price tag.

• 28 августа 2015, 17:41

The Los Angeles city council is reviewing a $4.1 billion bid proposal for the 2024 Summer Olympics that backers say could produce a surplus of $161 million.

• 27 августа 2015, 12:47