Doping: IOC to announce Russia’s Rio fate at 1400 GMT on Sunday
LONDON (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) president Thomas Bach will hold a media teleconference at 1400 GMT, when he is expected to announce whether Russia will be banned completely from the Rio Olympics.
Pogba is not worth world-record fee, says Scholes
(Reuters) – Former Manchester United player Paul Scholes has questioned whether the club should pay a world-record fee for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, saying the 23-year-old is not in the same bracket as the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Me…
India’s Rio-bound wrestler Yadav fails doping test
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who was set to compete in the 74kg freestyle category at the Rio Olympics, has tested positive for a banned steroid, the national anti-doping agency (NADA) told Reuters on Sunday.
Better late than never, pullout hands Australian Hearn Rio berth
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Sixteen years after being an unused reserve at her home Sydney Olympics, Australian rider Sue Hearn will finally make her Games debut at the age of 60 in Rio.
American Morris soars to year’s top outdoor pole vault
(Reuters) – Rio-bound U.S. Olympian Sandi Morris soared to the highest outdoor pole vault in the world this year when she cleared 4.93 meters at Houston on Saturday.
Facing the Motherland is bittersweet for China’s emigres
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – For former Chinese athletes that now compete for other countries’ flags, an Olympic meeting with the Motherland at Rio de Janeiro will be bittersweet.
Tennis: Bryans eye golden Olympics swansong in Rio
LONDON (Reuters) – When Mike Bryan’s cellphone rang recently and the policeman on the other end of the line told him his home security alarm had gone off one thought flashed up in his head — is my Olympic gold medal safe?
Hammer in hot pursuit of first track cycling gold for U.S. women
BOSTON (Reuters) – When she walks into Rio de Janeiro’s velodrome in August as the best hope to lead the U.S. women’s track cycling team to its first Olympic gold medal, Sarah Hammer will be acutely aware she might easily never have seen that moment.
More ‘B Team’ than ‘Dream Team’ as U.S. eye Rio basketball gold
TORONTO (Reuters) – No Stephen Curry? No LeBron James? No problem. Despite missing the game’s two best players the U.S. men’s basketball team are still the slam dunk favorite to return home from the Rio Olympics with the gold medal.
Cycling: Phillips ready for BMX rollercoaster ride in Rio
LONDON (Reuters) – Former world BMX champion Liam Phillips sums up the brutal nature of his adrenaline-fuelled sport succinctly.
