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Italian Premier: Paris is Rome's main rival for 2024 Games

Bond and Murray pairing again

Next to putting Moses in a skiff, no one parts water in the rowing world as consistently or successfully as Hamish Bond and Eric Murray.

Olympic Games next for retired McCaw

The recently retired captain will be in the grandstands cheering on his partner Gemma Flynn and her Black Sticks hockey team-mates at the Olympics.

Olympics: Medal hopes drive funding calls

Cycling: Kiwis on track to deliver at Games

Rugby aiming to make a difference in Rio

They take their rugby seriously in Rio, just like thousands of club players around New Zealand do, although in less salubrious surroundings.

Kayaking: Bicknell begins his Olympic dream

Cycling: Top riders go wheel to wheel

NZ has proven track pedalling power, but tomorrow the country's cycling fraternity will also showcase their event management skills in Cambridge.

Tennis: NZ double make bid for Rio 2016

The recidivist Russian bear's steely mentality

The 2013 track and field world championships in Moscow offered an indelible impression of the Russian athletic psyche.

Sevens: Work ahead for SBW and Messam

Sonny Bill Williams and Liam Messam can expect some really hard work as they train to join the All Blacks Sevens.

Midweek Fixture: Rio hardly ready for Olympic party

There is no immediate sense in Rio that there's less than nine months to the beginning of Olympics, writes Dylan Cleaver.

Russia's anti-doping lab head resigns

The head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory resigned hours after his lab was suspended over accusations it was part of a state-sponsored doping program

Olympics: New Zealand earn IOC honour

The New Zealand Olympic Committee is to be internationally recognised for the work it does promoting women in sport.

Doped Russian athletes should be banned - report

Russia's doped athletes "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics and should be banned from future competitions until the country cleans up its act, a bombshell report has said.

'Russian athletes need to be banned'

Nick Willis has called on Russian athletes to be banned from next year's Olympics and wants the IAAF to abandon any plan to offer them an escape route.

Kenya warned to get serious over doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency are stepping up efforts to get Kenya banned from international competition for 4 years, including next year's Rio Olympics.

Athletics: Blade jumper eyes Rio

German long jumper Markus Rehm, who wants to compete against able-bodied athletes, took gold at the World Paralympics Championships yesterday.