Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at “discrimination” against the country’s banned track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony Wednesday for its depleted Olympic team.
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Former college water polo player Joseph Peila, a math teacher at Basic High School, is one of seven international referees selected to officiate at the Rio Olympics.
Roger Federer says he will miss the Rio Olympics and the rest of the tennis season to protect his surgically repaired left knee.
At least 85 athletes from the 387-strong Russian Olympic team announced last week have so far been barred from the Rio Games in connection with the country’s doping scandal.
Las Vegan Augie Sanchez is headed to the Olympics as an assistant coach for the U.S. boxing team. Sanchez credits his success to his former trainer and father-in-law, Pat Barry.
FINA has ruled that seven Russian swimmers, including breaststroke medal hopeful Yulia Efimova, are ineligible to compete in the Rio Olympics, world swimming’s governing body said on Monday.
Olympic leaders stopped short Sunday of imposing a complete ban on Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Games, leaving individual global sports federations to decide which athletes should be cleared to compete.
The U.S. Olympic basketball team had a productive week in Las Vegas, culminating with Friday’s 111-74 win over Agentina. Now, it’s on to Los Angeles for the next stop on the five-game exhibition tour when Team USA faces China Sunday at the Staples Center.
Former strongman Mark Philippi says he is back in his element, providing strength and conditioning for wrestling team that has high expectations in Brazil.
The U.S. Olympic Basketball Team wraps up its Las Vegas camp with an exhibition game against Argentina at T-Mobile Arena. Follow the game with our live blog.
Forty-five more athletes, including 23 medalists from the 2008 Beijing Games, have been caught for doping after retesting of samples from the last two Olympics, the IOC said Friday.
As the world waits to see if the entire Russian team is expelled from the 2016 Olympic Games, Las Vegan John “Jack” Spargo remembers how the Russians always did things their own way.
Indiana Pacers all-star forward Paul George is back in Las Vegas with Team USA almost two years since he broke his leg in a team scrimmage at the Thomas & Mack Center and missed the World Cup of Basketball tournament.
Russia lost its appeal Thursday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision which could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from next month’s games in Rio de Janeiro.
DeMarcus Cousins, who is the center of attention, literally and figuratively in Sacramento, happily blends in with the rest of the stars of the U.S. Olympic basketball team. As one of two centers, the 6-foot-11-inch Cousins is expected to see plenty of action next month in Rio de Janeiro.