Olympics- Russian athletes affected by Rio bans (Reuters) Following the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision on Sunday not to issue a blanket ban on Russian athletes despite evidence of systematic doping across the majority of Olympic sports, global sporting federations have been left to decide which Russians can compete at next month's Rio Games. The IOC said any Russian … [Read more...]

After the sprinters, Jamaica seeking track and field depth (Yahoo Sports) The most dominant runner at Jamaica's national track and field championships this summer was not a superstar sprinter like Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake or Veronica Campbell-Brown. It was Kemoy Campbell. Meet the best distance runner in Jamaica - yet unlike Bolt, Blake and the sprint stars, he's far from being a favorite … [Read more...]

Putin: Olympic ban on Russian athletes result of political campaign (Reuters) By Denis Dyomkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday blamed a shadowy campaign for unfairly stripping some Russian sports people of the right to compete at the Rio Olympics over doping allegations, hitting out at what he called short-sighted political schemers. Putin, addressing members of … [Read more...]

Putin slams discrimination as banned athletes join send-off (Yahoo Sports) 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. Fencers became the latest team of Russians to be cleared to compete in the Olympics by their sport's governing body ahead of the … [Read more...]

Target leaving IndyCar after 27 seasons with Chip Ganassi (The Associated Press) Target will leave IndyCar at the end of this season after 27 years with Chip Ganassi Racing that included 11 championships and four Indianapolis 500 victories. The exit comes as Target is examining all of its marketing platforms under new chairman Brian Cornell. Target is also the primary sponsor of Kyle … [Read more...]

Olympics-Gymnastics-Russian team cleared to compete at Rio - R-Sport cites FIG (Reuters) MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) - Russia's gymnastics team has been cleared to compete at the Rio Olympics, R-Sport news agency cited Vasily Titov, vice president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), as saying on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Dmitry Solovyov) … [Read more...]

IAAF to Russia: Rio athletics ban will stand - agencies (Reuters) Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has received a reply from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), saying the exclusion of Russian track-and-field athletes from the Rio Olympics cannot be reversed, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. The decision which has been taken will not be revised," … [Read more...]

Russian fencing team cleared to compete at Rio: agency (Reuters) MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's fencing team has been cleared by the sport's governing federation (FIE) to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio, R-Sport news agency cited the FIE as saying on Wednesday. (Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Jack Stubbs) … [Read more...]

Olympics-Fencing-Russian fencing team cleared to compete at Rio -agency (Reuters) MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) - Russia's fencing team has been cleared by the sport's governing federation (FIE) to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio, R-Sport news agency cited the FIE as saying on Wednesday. (Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Jack Stubbs) … [Read more...]

Olympics-Volleyball-Russian teams cleared to compete at Rio - R-Sport cites FIVB (Reuters) MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) - Russia's volleyball and beach volleyball teams have been cleared to compete at the Rio Olympics in August, R-Sport news agency cited the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) as saying on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Alexander Winning) … [Read more...]