Tensions between the United States and China, the next Winter Olympic host, ratcheted steadily upwards this week, as provocative legislation edged closer to enactment in both countries.
Forty years ago this week, the deadline for entries to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games officially closed.
Thailand boxer Chatchai-decha Butdee has revealed he is targeting a podium place at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Indian hockey legend and three-time Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh Senior has died at the age of 96.
One day at high school, I remember being asked to translate into Spanish a text including the phrase "money talks".
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has highlighted the success of karate's involvement in its pathway to success initiative.
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) President Yao Ming has admitted the men's team is "lagging behind" the opposition as they prepare for an uphill battle to secure Tokyo 2020 qualification.
Venezuelan sambist Luisaigna Campos revealed she has dreams of her daughter becoming an Olympic champion in the sport.
Tokyo 2020 organisers admitted they are still estimating the cost of the postponed Olympics and Paralympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) put $650 million (£535 million/€600 million) towards the organisation of the Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board confirmed the postponement of the Athletes' Commission elections until 2021.
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has extended its Olympic beach volleyball qualification deadlines for Tokyo 2020 after the Games were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Five shops in Japan selling licensed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic products are set to close following the postponement of the Games.
Olympic beach volleyball silver medallist Marcio Araujo is recovering from COVID-19 after admitting he had "almost died" from the virus.
International Equestrian Federation (FEI) European Championships for Olympic and Paralympic disciplines in 2021 have been cancelled.
The German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB) has launched a campaign calling on the public to support the country's 90,000 sports clubs after lockdown restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic started to be relaxed.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Michelle Ford had to overcome dopers, her own Government, "traitor" slurs and a build-up that was far from ideal to win a famous Olympic gold for Australia - all at the age of 17. Brian Oliver reports.
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