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Japan appoint first Olympic minister

Toshiaki Endo has been appointed as Japan’s first Olympic minister. Top of the agenda for the 65-year-old is to guide the country through

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Paris joins race to host 2024 Olympic Games

Paris has thrown its hat into the ring to host the 2024 summer Olympics. The French capital joins Boston, Rome and Hamburg as the only cities so far

France

2024 Olympic Games hopefuls at a glance

Paris, Hamburg or Rome? Boston or Budapest? On the day that the French capital officially announced its candidature to host the 2024 Olympic Games

France

Fourth time lucky? Paris joins race to host 2024 Olympic Games

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Tibetan activists disrupt Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics

World News

Cold War sports: how Moscow and the West played for supremacy

Sport

IOC concerned over Rio sailing venue pollution; adds new sports to 2018 Olympics

United Kingdom

Farah pulls out from Birmingham Diamond League

Sport

Poll support for sports chief's attack on IOC as federations flee

Brazil

WADA lifts Rio Olympic drug-testing lab ban

Sport

IOC must choose between clean-up and cover-up: SportAccord chief

SportAccord President Marius Vizer fiercely criticised the International Olympic Committee for a lack of transparency on Monday, sending shock waves

Sport

SportAccord president Marius Vizer slams IOC

Controversy erupted at the SportAccord convention in the Russian resort of Sochi after its chief Marius Vizer launched a scathing attack on the

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At least 500kgs of dead fish wash up in Brazilian lagoon

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro: Water quality causes a stink ahead of Olympics

Rio de Janeiro’s governor has admitted that a pledge to clean up waterways ahead of next year’s Olympic Games will not be fully met. It comes as

France

Paris City Hall votes in favour of bidding for 2024 Olympics

Italy

Aiming to win made me a champion, says Galiazzo

Sport

Park Tae-hwan handed 18-month ban

Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan has been handed an 18-month ban for doping. The 25-year-old South Korean tested positive for a

Sport

SportAccord pushes into Russia with new Moscow office

SportAccord has opened its first regional headquarters, in Moscow, with a host of past and current sporting stars on hand for the launch. The new

Germany

Hamburg chosen as German bid city for 2024 Olympics

Sport

Hamburg or Berlin in Olympic candidate race

The race is on between Berlin and Hamburg for the right to become the German candidate city for the 2024 Olympics. Hamburg has edged ahead of Berlin