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Which Rio you will see will depend on ticket

Visitors to Rio could come away with very different impressions of the city - from pockets of wealth to poverty to crime - depending on the events they choose to attend

Moroccan Olympic boxer arrested over alleged sexual assault in Rio

Two other athletes were allegedly in the room at the time but did not react to the assault

Olympic breakthrough for Iran: A 1st female flagbearer

Zahra Nemati will be pulling double duty and will be back next month for Paralympics, where she's the defending gold medalist in individual recurve W1/W2

Rio Olympics Diary: Inking the rings

From Olympic themed tattoos to Pokemon Go, catch all the action from Rio

Dipa Karmakar carrying Indian hopes in gymnastic

Fighting all odds, the 22-year-old diminutive girl from Tripura had qualified for the Olympics in April

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Finding a cure for the Pokemon GO bug

The wait for Pokemon GO's official launch in India continues to be filled with super-long walks and cautionary tales

Shooters to launch Olympic 2016 medal hunt, Jitu Rai opens Indian campaign

Armyman Jitu has emerged as the brightest hope who will open his campaign in his pet 10m air pistol event

Rio Olympics: Spain reportedly hires private security firm

Some 88,000 security personnel will be deployed during the Rio Olympics

Russia's Rio status hangs by thread as IOC considers ban

WADA called for all Russian competitors and officials to be banned for next month's games

Brazil announces increased security in Rio International Airport

The Olympic Games will start on August 5 and the Paralympic Games start on September 7

France says no terror plot against its Rio delegation

Brazil has said it will bolster security for next month's Games following last Thursday's truck attack

Brazil arrests 10 over alleged Olympic terror plot

Officials said the suspects had tried to make contact with Islamic State, but were not members of the organisation

Usain Bolt believes Olympic ban on Russian athletes will scare dopers

Will act as a strong deterrent to stop athletes taking performance-enhancing drugs

PM Narendra Modi to flag off 'Run for Rio' event on July 31

We want to create a fever of Olympics in the country and keeping that in mind, said Sports minister Vijay Goel

Vijender Singh pleads for an end to boxing's administrative mess

At ASSOCHAM conference, Vijender said the country's boxers have been denied a voice at international events because of current situation

Russia welcomes Olympic body's decision on Rio ban

The IOC decided not to ban Russia from the Olympic games

Attempt being made to ruin my wrestling career, says Narsingh Yadav

He expressed shock over the news stating that he had always cleared the dope test in his career spanning 15 years

WADA disappointed by IOC's decision to allow Russia at Olympics

The IOC verdict comes after WADA's Independent Commission urged a ban on Russian athletes from all international sports competitions

Vladimir Putin will not attend Rio Olympics opening ceremony

According to Kremlin spokesman the Russian President has another working schedule