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UN urges Olympic Truce ahead of Rio Games

The Rio Olympics will be held from August 5 to 21 and the Paralympics from September 7 to 18

Shot putter Inderjeet Singh fails dope test; cries conspiracy

He is one of the first track and field athletes who qualified for the Rio Olympics as he made the cut last year itself

Olympic Village repairs to finish this week: Brazil

A day after the Australian Olympic delegation refused to move into the apartment complex in western Rio, Brazilian organising committee spokesman Mario Andrada promised a solution

Brazilian police confiscate drugs with Olympic logo

Beyond the Olympic logos, some of the drugs were also wrapped in bags featuring the logo of a well-known drink brand

Roger Federer to miss Rio Olympics 2016 due to injury

He received a surgery to his left knee in February after being ousted in the semifinals in Australian Open

Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan demands CBI probe into Narsingh Yadav's case

Ranjan also raised apprehensions that this incident may lead Yadav to depression

Parveen Rana named provisional replacement for Narsingh for Rio Olympics

To represent India at the 74kg weight category in the quadrennial extravaganza

Extremely difficult for Narsingh to go to Rio: Goel

Sports Minister Vijay Goel calls for end to for conspiracy theories; Wrestler had cried foul after failing dope test

Brazilian police confiscate drugs wrapped in bags with Olympic logo

Drugs were found in a house in the central neighbourhood of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro

More Russians banned from Rio Olympics, toll crosses 100

After 19 more athletes of the country's rowers were barred from the Summer Games

'Judgement day' for Narsingh as NADA decides on doping case

Earlier this week he tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid on both his A and B samples

Rio ready to enjoy Olympic party

Rio de Janerio mayor Eduardo Paes claims that city has changed vastly, since they won the right to host the Olympic games in 2009

The biggest athletes to watch at Rio

In Rio, over 10,000 athletes will compete for the biggest prize in sport - an Olympic gold medal. The author brings you a lowdown of the best the Games have to offer

IOC board to review Rio final preparations, Russia doping

To review the final preparations for the games and deal with the fallout from the doping scandal

India will also win hearts with their conduct in Rio: Modi

Modi also outlined his government's efforts for the preparation of Rio Olympics and said that now the focus will be on Tokyo

Int'l Olympic Committee sets up panel to rule on Russian entries

Move comes amid doping scandal saw exclusion of more than 100 Russian athletes connected to state-sponsored cheating

Brazilians protest in Rio as city prepares for Olympics

Similar anti-Rousseff protests were called in other cities, including Sao Paulo, Recife, Salvador and Belo Horizonte

Wrestler Narsingh Yadav cleared of doping charges, free to compete in Rio Olympics 2016

Narsingh's chances of competing in the Olympics had seemed bleak last week he failed a second dope test

WFI hopeful of Narsingh's Rio participation post NADA's clean chit

The 26-year-old grappler, who bagged the quota with a bronze medal finish in last year's World Championships, tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid on both his 'A' and 'B' samples

Narsingh Yadav thanks PM Modi for meeting, supporting him

The wrestler, who had failed a dope test on June 25 claimed that it was a conspiracy against him