No top athletes, no Olympic spot says IOC member
Barry Maister, an Olympic gold medalist in 1976, has told Tony Veitch on Newstalk ZB that sports such as golf risk losing their Olympic spot if they are not able to secure the best in their sport.
Barry Maister, an Olympic gold medalist in 1976, has told Tony Veitch on Newstalk ZB that sports such as golf risk losing their Olympic spot if they are not able to secure the best in their sport.
Kiwi David Howman has spent 13-year as the director-general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, helping expose some of sport's biggest scandals.
Just weeks before the Olympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro, the city's accredited anti-doping laboratory has been stopped from conducting tests.
The three-time NBA champion and four-time league Most Valuable Player won gold medals with Team USA at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
What started as a bit of OE rugby fun has turned Glen Rolls into an Olympian.
Valerie Adams is one of the most recognisable faces in New Zealand but she will now have a much bigger profile abroad after playing a leading role in Visa's global advertising campaign ahead of the Rio Olympics.
A year ago they were hot favourites for gold at Rio, but less than two months out from the Games the team now find themselves chasing.
An Amazon jaguar has been shot dead by the Brazilian army after participating as a 'mascot' for an Olympic torch ceremony.
Of the three Wallabies who attempted to make the transition for the Olympics, it appears none will make it.
Australia's Olympic boss Kitty Chiller fears an athlete will be hurt if organisers of the Rio games fail to improve security.
What does Russia's Olympics exile mean for Rio Games?
Pama Fou is out of the Rio Olympics after the sevens star ruptures his ACL in the shower.
Russia's track and field team cannot compete at the Rio Olympics because the country has not given up its doping culture.
Champion eventing rider Andrew Nicholson won't be competing at his seventh Olympics in Rio in August.
Henry Speight is out of contention for the Rio Olympics after suffering a serious knee injury.
Joseph Parker could fight his mandatory IBF world title challenge against current holder Anthony Joshua in London as early as March next year.
Construction of the Olympic beach volleyball stadium at Rio's Copacabana beach has been frozen.
The designs for the medals to be used at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics have been revealed.