New Zealanders foot it with the best
New Zealand’s Olympic medal tally reached new heights at the weekend as the country’s athletes continued to prove they can foot it with the best in the world.
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Fantastic Friday
Fantastic Friday
The medals were raining down on the New Zealand Olympic team yesterday.
Athletics: Doping leaves Games' 'heart and soul' on brink
Athletics: Doping leaves Games' 'heart and soul' on brink
A year of unrelenting misery, of corruption, cover-ups, bans, appeals and doping, doping, doping, has ripped the heart and soul out of athletics, the sport that likes to think of itself as the heart and soul of the Olympics.
Sevens brings rugby back to the Games
Sevens brings rugby back to the Games
The United States have famously been Olympic rugby champions since winning gold in the 15-man game in 1924 but one of a string southern hemisphere sides look set to strike that anomaly from the record books when Sevens makes its debut in Rio.
Russia loses appeal against Olympic ban
Russia loses appeal against Olympic ban
Sport's highest tribunal has rejected Russia's appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days' time, drawing swift and angry condemnation from Moscow.