Rio Olympics 2016 - Page 3

NBC's online stream of the opening ceremony will be run on the same delay.

What if they pull this off?

The international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has ruled that some of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s criteria for Russian athletes to participate at the Rio games are "unenforceable" as they do not respect the right of natural justice.

About 270 Russian athletes have been cleared to compete at the summer Olympics in Rio, according to the head of Russia’s Olympic Committee, Aleksandr Zhukov.

The problems Rio organizers have run into before the Opening Ceremony have ranged from disturbing to outrageous.

That day in 2009 – celebrating the chance to redefine this city and country – seems a long, long time ago.

Officials backing away from previous goal of opening up games to broader selection of cities.

RUSSIA’S only track and field athlete to be competing in Rio is training at the same facility as Australia’s team in Florida.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had nothing to do with the timing and reasons for the publication of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s McLaren report, which led to over a hundred Russian athletes being banned from the Olympics, IOC president Thomas Bach said.

RIO de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes lashed out on Friday at the city’s Olympics organising committee, accusing it of “serious problems” in managing the crisis-plagued athletes’ village.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says a three-person panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Games.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says medals won at Rio 2016 will be devalued by the banning of Russian competitors.

Olympic organisers have been accused of a lack of leadership and creating a "confusing mess" over the Russia decision.

'From the exterior it looks like the Hilton Hotel, but inside it's not finished,' says spokesperson

RUSSIA’s track and field athletes were last night banned from the Olympics and the entire Russian squad could swiftly follow them out the door.

THE World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) called for Russia to be banned from the Rio Olympics on Monday and urged global sports governing bodies to bar Russia until “culture change” is achieved.

Members of the security services for the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympics Games have complained about unsatisfactory working conditions.

Douglas said she will use the razor-thin margin at the trials as motivation for the weeks to come.