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Wrestling body downplays rules infringement

Madrid, Tokyo, Istanbul make last push to lure IOC

2020 Olympic host city vote at a glance

Tokyo focuses on doping record, Gasol hails Madrid

Olympics: IOC gears up for crucial decisions

Olympics: Gay slur puts champion's Games role in doubt

The International Olympic Committee will consider dropping Russian pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva as an Olympic ambassador after her comments about gay people, says president Jacques Rogge.

Support for Madrid Olympic bid reaches 91 percent

Turkish PM Erdogan pushes for Istanbul's 2020 bid

SKorea rejects NKorean Olympic co-host suggestion

Rugby: Sevens enjoys financial boon

Athletics: Corlett and Adams have individually done enough for equal ranking

The argument over New Zealand's best woman athlete got another solid airing this week in the wake of the mighty Adams' fourth world shot put title, to sit alongside two Olympic gold medals.

Bond stuntman dies in action

The stuntman who amazed the world when he parachuted into the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony dressed as James Bond has died while wing-diving in Switzerland, police and media reports say.

Russian MP delivers anti-gay rant after broadcaster calls for Olympic boycott

One of the architects of Russia's anti-gay laws has launched an attack on homosexuality and accused broadcaster Stephen Fry of being "sick" because of his attempt to commit suicide.

Gay 'propaganda' at Olympics risks arrest

Gay competitors in next year's Winter Olympics risk arrest by Russian police if they engage in "propaganda" for their homosexuality, Russia's Sports Minister has confirmed.

Shiffrin bid for Olympic gold gets US daytime slot

Cyclist with UV blood treatment cleared by CAS

2012 Olympic official pays tribute to late sailor

Barrie Gordon: Funding elite sports needs more debate

Angry protests in Brazil have a sobering message about public spending on elite sporting success and grandiose sporting events - and one that New Zealand should heed.