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Olympics: Kazakh boxing golden boy has scar to show for it

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.

Olympics: Kazakh boxing golden boy has scar to show for it
Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov, boxer. ©Reuters
Olympics: Kazakh Yeleussinov wins welterweight gold

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

Olympics: Kazakh Yeleussinov wins welterweight gold
©Nikolay Kolesnikov
Olympics: The draw of gold brings tainted lifters back to Olympic battle

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

Olympics: The draw of gold brings tainted lifters back to Olympic battle
Olympics: Aussie teen stars as Ledecky motors on

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

Olympics: Aussie teen stars as Ledecky motors on
Photo courtesy of drugsmart.com
Kazakhstan weightlifting team facing Rio ban over doping

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

Kazakhstan weightlifting team facing Rio ban over doping
Rio Carnival conquers Zika fears with repellant and samba

With crazy costumes, pulsating music the Rio Carnival's top performers swatted aside Zika worries to get down for the world's biggest party

Rio Carnival conquers Zika fears with repellant and samba
Photo © Zhiger Abenov
Kazakhstani boxers at World Championship in Doha

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

Kazakhstani boxers at World Championship in Doha
Photo ©Martin Gabor, United World Wrestling
Kazakhstan's first Olympic lisence for wrestling

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

Kazakhstan's first Olympic lisence for wrestling
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.

World Ranking in Judo updated: Yeldos Smetov takes 1st place
Kazakhstani Olga Rypakova (bronze), Colombian Caterine Ibargüen (gold) and Israel’s Hanna Minenko (silver). Photo © Getty images/ iaaf.org
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.

Olga Rypakova from Kazakhstan brings bronze from IAAF World Championship
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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.

Kazakhstan's Ilya Iliyn sets world record lifting 250kg in clean and jerk
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.

Rio set for 'great' Olympics: IOC
Astana Arlans and Argentina Condors. Photo courtesy of vk.com/astana_arlans
Undefeated Wolves continue to reign: Astana Arlans win Argentina Condors 4:1

The Wolves tore apart Argentina Condors with 4:1 in San Luis.

Undefeated Wolves continue to reign: Astana Arlans win Argentina Condors 4:1
Olympics: 500 days and counting, Rio races to be ready

In Tuesday marking 500 days to go before it stages South America's first ever Olympic Games, Rio is straining at the leash to be ready.

Olympics: 500 days and counting, Rio races to be ready
Yerzhan Boltayev. Photo courtesy of almaty2014ifw.com
Ilya Iliyn's coach heads men's weightlifting team

The coach of the two times Olympic Champion Ilya Iliyn and Yerzhan Boltayev has been appointed the head coach of the Kazakhstan’s weightlifting team.

Ilya Iliyn's coach heads men's weightlifting team
Birzhan Zhakypov vs Patrick Lourenco. Photo © AIBA Pro Boxing 2015
Birzhan Zhakypov wins APB Inaugural Title Match in Hong Kong: AIBE Pro Boxing Continues

Kazakhstani boxer Birzhan Zhakypov has won a Brazilian fighter Patrick Lourenco at the AIBA Pro Boxing (APG)

Birzhan Zhakypov wins APB Inaugural Title Match in Hong Kong: AIBE Pro Boxing Continues
Berik Abdrakhmanov  vs Hurshid Tojibaev in Astana, Kazakhstan. Photo ©AIBA Pro Boxing 2015
First ticket to Rio Olympics for Kazakhstan: Berik Abdrakhmanov wins AIBA Pro Boxing in lightweight division

Kazakhstani boxer Berik Abdrakhmanov won the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) Inaugural Title, an ultimate ticket to the Rio Olympics, in a fight against Uzbek boxer Hurshid Tojibaev in Astana, Kazakhstan.

First ticket to Rio Olympics for Kazakhstan: Berik Abdrakhmanov wins AIBA Pro Boxing in lightweight division
Mongolian judoka Galbadrakh Otgontsetseg. Photo courtesy of sensatsimedee.mn
Foreign athletes to compete for Kazakhstan, local boxers fight at AIBA Pro Boxing for ticket to Olympics

Foreign athletes will be competing for Kazakhstan at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Foreign athletes to compete for Kazakhstan, local boxers fight at AIBA Pro Boxing for ticket to Olympics
Adilbek Niyazymbetov (right). Photo © WBS
5 Kazakhstani boxers to compete in new AIBA Pro Boxing to qualify for RIO Olympics

AIBA’s new project Pro Boxing (APB) starts on October 24.

5 Kazakhstani boxers to compete in new AIBA Pro Boxing to qualify for RIO Olympics
Carnival crown to samba champions honoring Senna, Bolt

Rio on Wednesday elected the Unidos da Tijuca samba school as its Carnival champions, a 40-strong jury crowning a program which paid homage to late Brazilian Formula One racer Ayrton Senna.

Carnival crown to samba champions honoring Senna, Bolt