Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Banned swimmer Nikita Lobintsev is so confident of being able to compete at the Rio Olympics that he has been pictured wearing the official Russian Games uniform.Lobintsev and fellow swimmer Vladimir Morozov became the first athletes on Saturday to take their cases to the ad-hoc Rio division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which has been set up especially for the August 5-21 Games.Lobintsev, 27, appeared on his Instagram account donning the official Russian Olympic uniform.
Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - China highlighted that construction for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is in full swing while trying to defuse questions on the sensitive issue of artificial snow-making at the ski venues.Organizing committee BOCOG spokesman Chang Yu told a news conference on Sunday that Beijing is striving for
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would allow Russia to simultaneously support his embattled regime and the opposition groups fighting inside his country, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
Berlin (dpa) - Brazil is set to deliver a successful Olympics but the hosts still have work to do, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Wednesday.IOC coordination commission chair Nawal El Moutawakel said after a 10th and final visit to Rio de Janeiro that the hosts were on track to deliver a successful Games in August.The commission visited the Olympic Park and Deodoro sites, and met federal, state and city officials.
Dusseldorf (dpa) - A new television documentary by Germany‘s ARD to be broadcast on Wednesday will claim to strengthen suspicions of state-backed doping in Russia.Previously unpublished documents claim to show Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko prevented the publication of a failed doping test by a Russian footballer in the country‘s top league.Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR), a member of the ARD consortium, said Tuesday the documentary also has footage showing track and field coaches who have been banned over doping still working with top athletes.