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New Zealand sporting greats receive honours at investiture ceremonies

Four big names in NZ sport will be celebrated at investiture ceremonies today.

Drug bust, calls for video ref - curling becomes controversial

Drug test result comes at worst possible time for Russia.

Russians get life ban for Sochi Olympics doping

Evidence came from former Russian drug tester chief now in witness protection

Unfair games: 'A wound that won't heal'

Phil Taylor talks to a team member about the Olympics that were airbrushed from our history.

Rio is broke after 2016 Olympics

Rio de Janeiro was warned of the economic stresses an Olympics can place on a city - and now they are paying the price.

NZ sending full team to Rio Paralympic Games

NZ will still send a full team to compete at the Paralympic Games despite news of countries missing out because of a lack of money for the event.

Committee says no ban as yet

The New Zealand Olympic Committee says it has not been told of any plan to ban Russian athletes from Rio for doping.

Auctioning off the Olympics?

An obvious way around corruption would be to auction the host status for major sports events, writes Leonid Bershidsky.

Paul Lewis: Which sport to cut and which to keep?

Elton John once spent $73 million in 20 months. "I'm not a nest egg kind of guy", was his explanation at the time.