Amid corruption charges and arrest, Rio 2016 Olympic committee chief Carlos Nuzman resigns

The 75-year-old was arrested on Thursday for helping buy votes from the IOC to secure Rio’s hosting of the 2016 games.

AFP

· Oct 08, 2017 · 10:10 am

IOC suspends Brazil’s Olympic body and chief over alleged vote-buying scandal for Rio 2016

The International Olympic Committee clarified that the country’s athletes were unaffected and would be allowed to take part in next year’s Winter Olympics.

AFP

· Oct 06, 2017 · 07:51 pm

Credentials of officials to be verified before being sent to multi-disciplinary events: Vijay Goel

Goel’s statements came as the CBI opened a probe into two doctors who accompanied the Indian Olympic team to Rio.

Scroll Staff

· May 20, 2017 · 07:18 pm

CBI initiates enquiry against IOA officials for sending two ‘undeserving’ medicos to Rio Games

Agency sources said there are allegations of nepotism, favourtism, and irregularities against certain officials of the IOA.

Scroll Staff

· May 19, 2017 · 07:38 pm

What explains the obsession with athletes' age in the ongoing Olympics?

You can listen to what commentators say about the rapid aging of sportspersons – just don’t believe it all.

David Epstein and Michael Joyner, ProPublica

· Aug 21, 2016 · 05:30 am

Olympics badminton: PV Sindhu crushes Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying to book quarter-final spot

The 21-year-old Indian won the match 21-13 21-15 in less than 50 minutes.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 16, 2016 · 02:52 am

Olympics: PV Sindhu wins opening badminton match against Hungary’s Laura Sarosi

She had a decisive victory after winning in straight sets of 21-8, 21-9.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 11, 2016 · 09:02 pm

Olympics: Shiva Thapa loses to Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez in first round of men's Bantamweight boxing

The World No. 3 had also lost in the first round at the 2012 Games in London.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 11, 2016 · 08:53 pm

Olympics badminton: Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy lose first match in doubles clash

The pair went down in straight sets against Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 11, 2016 · 07:25 pm

'Run on the hockey pitch for 60 mins': Sportspersons respond to Shobhaa De's mocking tweet

The author had mocked sportspersons after the Indian contingent had a terrible day in Rio.

Rhema Mukti Baxter

· Aug 09, 2016 · 05:26 pm

Watch: Angry Brazilian crowds heckle US goalkeeper at the Olympics with 'Zika' chants

Hope Solo riled some Brazilians when she expressed reluctance to travel to Rio for fear of Zika virus.

Rhema Mukti Baxter

· Aug 08, 2016 · 04:46 pm

The score: Germany, France, Brazil, USA all win their women's football matches at the Olympics

Germany had the biggest victory of the day.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 04, 2016 · 01:28 pm