KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian shooter Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, who competed at the London Olympics while over seven months pregnant, has missed out on a place at the Rio de Janeiro Games later this year as she is expecting her second child. The 33-year-old was due to take part in the Asian Olympics Qualifying […]
REUTERS – Australia’s former world champion swimmer and double Olympic silver medallist Christian Sprenger announced his retirement on Thursday, citing injury and a lack of motivation only months before the Rio Games. Second in the 100 metres breaststroke at the 2012 London Olympics, and a world champion in 2013 in the same discipline, Sprenger said […]
World number one Jordan Spieth and rival Rory McIlroy begged to differ on Wednesday on the importance of winning golfing gold at the Rio Olympics this August.
REUTERS – American sprinter Allyson Felix will get a rare chance to win gold in both the 200 and 400 metres after the global athletics governing body changed the Rio Olympics competition schedule. “I am excited for the opportunity to attempt this incredibly difficult feat,” Felix said on her Twitter account. “The schedule was just […]
Russia's track and field athletes should not be allowed to compete in the Rio Olympics as the country cannot prove it is compliant with the doping rule.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Undeterred by Tokyo’s chaotic preparations to stage the 2020 Olympic Games, Japan’s Aichi Prefecture will bid to stage the 2026 Asian Games, the region’s governor said on Monday. Aichi will submit an application to the Japanese Olympic Committee to host the event, Kyodo News reported Hideaki Omura as saying on Monday. “As […]
Bach said on Wednesday. In a New Year’s message published on the International Olympic Committee website (www.olympic.org), the IOC president looked forward to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro but warned of big challenges ahead. “When Olympic Agenda 2020 was adopted one year ago, my message to everyone in the Olympic Movement was: […]
