Tag: Rio 2016
David Owen: Proust, VIP Ice-Cream and a Recipe for Better Olympic Food
So it looks like we can add another imperfection to the long list of blemishes at Rio’s perfectly imperfect Games (have I got that...
Full Audit Called for Amid Kenya Rio 2016 Spending Crisis
A full audit of Kenya's spending at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has been called for after a damning report was studied by the...
Brazil Among Three Countries Declared Non-Compliant at WADA Foundation Board Meeting
Olympic and Paralympic Games host nation Brazil, Azerbaijan and Indonesia were declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) during the organisation’s Foundation Board...
Report Claims More Than 4,000 Athletes not Drug Tested Before Rio 2016
More than 4,000 athletes were not drugs tested in 2016 before competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the World Anti-Doping Agency...
Nick Butler: IOC Evaluation Commissions Must do More to Foresee Problems in Olympic Organizing...
Inspection and reflection season has begun in International Olympic Committee (IOC) circles; an opportunity to consider the good, the bad and the ugly before...
Sprinting Legend Donovan Bailey Calls on IAAF to ‘Press Reset’ on Records Tainted by...
Canadian sprinting legend Donovan Bailey has called on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to "press reset" on all records in the sport...
Anger as Rio 2016 Officials Fail to Pay Staff and Companies Because of Financial...
Workers and companies employed by Rio 2016 have still not been paid as the Organizing Committee continues to face problems fulfilling its financial obligations, insidethegames...
Trees Planted to Honour Kazakhstan’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Medalists
Two trees have been planted in Kazakhstan in honor of their medalists at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Zulfiya Gabidullina made history for the country...
Alan Hubbard: Judgement Daze – Does Anyone Really Know the Score in Boxing?
No-one will dispute that Dr C K Wu, the ultra-ambitious but extremely effective overlord of AIBA, aka the International Boxing Association, which governs what...
International Swimming Federation Says Rio 2016 Competition was ‘Outstanding’
“Great athletes + memorable performances = outstanding competitions,” reads the International Swimming Federation's (FINA) recipe for success as swimming’s world governing body provides a review...
