Brazil's Rousseff to be investigated for alleged funds misuse
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.
Pistorius parole back under review after delays
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.
Japan minister tenders resignation over stadium row
Japan's sports minister said he had tendered his resignation over abandoned plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics's main stadium.
Kazakhstan's first Olympic lisence for wrestling
Kazakhstani wrestler Doszhan Kartikov has earned the first Olympic license at the World Championship in Las Vegas.
World Ranking in Judo updated: Yeldos Smetov takes 1st place
The International Judo Federation World Ranking has been updated after the World Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Tokyo Olympic committee scraps scandal-hit logo
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.
Japan slashes 2020 Olympic stadium price tag
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.
Olympics: LA officials ponder $4.1 billion 2024 Olympic bid proposal
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.
Olga Rypakova from Kazakhstan brings bronze from IAAF World Championship
Kazakhstani athlete Olga Rypakova has won the bronze medal in Women’s Triple Jump at the World Championship in Beijing.
Kazakhstan's Ilya Iliyn sets world record lifting 250kg in clean and jerk
Ilya Iliyn, Kazakhstan's most celebrated weightlifter, has authored another World Record.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo designer faces fresh plagiarism claims
The designer of Tokyo's 2020 Olympics logo said he has withdrawn some designs created for drinks giant Suntory in the wake of fresh plagiarism allegations.
Rio set for 'great' Olympics: IOC
Rio will stage a great Olympics, as long as it sorts out "millions" of details first, the head of an IOC fact-finding mission said.
Golovkin loses to Kovalev in Top 5 Post-Soviet country boxers
Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovin (33-0, 30KOs), the holder of the WBA Super, IBO and WBC Interim middleweight titles from Kazakhstan, was named among the Top 5 boxers from the post-Soviet space according to BoxingPlanet.ru.
Beijing's bid to host 2022 Winter Olympics beats Kazakhstan's Almaty
Chinese Beijing has won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games from Kazakhstan's Almaty.
80 percent of 2022 Winter Olympics venues to be ready by 2017: Almaty's Mayor Akhmetzhan Yessimov
80 percent of the venues for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be ready by 2017.
Sabina Altynbekova and Denis Ten join Almaty-2022 committee for IOC meeting
Kazakhstani volleyball player Sabina Altynbekova and the bronze medalist of the Sochi Olympics Denis Ten are joining the distinguished Kazakhstani athletes representing Almaty’s bid for the Winter Olympic Games in 2022.
Berlin Jewish Olympics open in 'triumph over evil'
The Maccabi Games, dubbed the Jewish Olympics, opened at the Berlin site of the 1936 "Nazi Games" in what one community leader called "a triumph of good over evil".
Olympics: Stadium row dwarfs Tokyo 2020 sports bids
Twenty-six sports, from sumo to surfing, have applied for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo organisers said amid a flaming row over who will pay for the main stadium.
Almaty provides financial guarantees to International Olympic Committee
Kazakhstan says it has enough money to host the Winter Olympics 2022.
Serik Sapiev on Astana Arlans' first loss in 5th Season
General Director of Astana Arlans Serik Sapiev speaks about the loss to Italian Thunder.
