Olympic Village

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Two South African athletes test positive for COVID-19 in Games Village, spark cluster scare

South Africa's rugby sevens coach Neil Powell also tested positive and is in isolation in the Japanese town where the squad are training.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Fever clinic and COVID-19 kits, organisers show off Olympic Village

The newly added fever clinic, separate from the main medical facility, will be used to test and isolate people suspected of virus infection or considered close contacts.

Tokyo Olympics to cost $2.4 billion extra due to delay, COVID-19 health measures, say tournament organisers

The extra costs come as officials work to build enthusiasm for the first Games postponed in peacetime, insisting the massive event can go ahead next year even if the pandemic is not under control.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletes to face regular testing, restrictions on mingling according to new COVID-19 protocol

After months of talks, officials issued a 54-page report outlining how they believe the Games can go ahead, even if the pandemic is not under control by the new start date of July 2021.

Winter Olympics 2018: Slovenian ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic thrown out of Pyeongchang Games for failed drugs test

CAS said Jeglic "accepted an anti-doping rule violation and, as a consequence, the athlete is suspended from competing in the remainder of the Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018."

Winter Olympics 2018: Japanese speed skater Kei Saito becomes first athlete at Pyeongchang to fail doping test

Saito failed an out-of-competition test prior to the event, the anti-doping authority said in a statement, adding that he tested positive for acetazolamide, a banned diuretic which is considered a masking agent.

Tokyo 2020: McDonald’s ends 41-year sponsorship contract with Olympic Games three years early

McDonald's has supported the Olympics since the Montreal Games in 1976 and although the split takes place with immediate effect they will continue to be a sponsor at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

Humans of Olympics: Meet Seema Punia's spouse Anil, who's at Rio to support her dream

Anil Punia has supported his wife Seema Punia through Athens 2004 and London 2012 and is now here to lend moral and psychological support to the discus thrower so that she can improve further.

Humans of Olympics: A glimpse at the spirit of the Rio Games

With the ‘Humans of Olympics’ series, we interact with volunteers, journalists, former athletes and the likes to capture the soul of the 2016 Rio Games

Rio Olympics 2016: Sachin Tendulkar meets Indian contingent at athletes village

One of his cherished memories was being in the Commonwealth Games village in Kuala Lumpur way back in 1998 and Sachin Tendulkar had that same feeling of deja vu as he dropped in at the Olympic Games athletes village in Rio on Saturday