The value of property is rising inexorably in Rio as the Brazilian city prepares to host the 2016 Olympic Games. But some of the city’s poorest residents are paying a heavy price for this enforced metamorphosis.
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Match-fixing and gambling the new threat in IOC's battle against corruption.
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Romney left the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City last week with so many debates behind him.
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A year after riots engulfed London and spread to other English cities, the buzz around the Olympics is sweeping the capital, but with recession hammering the poorest Londoners the threat of unrest lingers.
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The prestigious scientific journal, Nature, has apologized to Ye Shiwen, the Chinese Olympic double gold medalist in swimming, following an "outraged response" by readers over a controversial article implying Ye's doping.
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Victor Conte says it is easy for cheats to prosper at London 2012 and claims six out of ten athletes are using drugs.
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Western governments are not the least interested in human rights issues in Myanmar but their stance on the country is simply based on “commercial interests”, says Ishtiaq Ahmad,an Islam afairs analyst.
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Olympic champions Greg Rutherford and Tirunesh Dibaba are spearheading athletes' calls for Britain to use the success of the London Games to push forward action to tackle child malnutrition in poor countries.
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Olympic judges and referees came under fire with one fighter accusing them of "a fix", another successfully appealing a loss and even boxing great Lennox Lewis questioning some of their calls.
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Britain's most successful Olympic team in more than a century is being invited to take part in an open-top bus parade through London on September 10.
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Israel retains occupation championship title in the lack of a real sportsmanship championship
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