United States television network NBC is to share some of its Olympic content with Facebook and Instagram, it was announced today.
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Ruggiero to replace Bokel as IOC Athletes’ Commission chair
Ice hockey Olympic champion Angela Ruggiero has been elected as the new chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission, replacing the outgoing Claudia Bokel and citing tackling "doping" as her priority over the next two years.
So far so good at TTOC Team TTO Pre Olympic Games Camp
It's been just over a week at the TTOC'S Team TTO Pre Olympic Games Camp. The atmosphere at the camp has been great thus far with the athletes putting in work over the last few days.
The Refugee Olympic Team - ten individuals with grief and courage in common, ready to make Games history in Rio
The 2016 Rio Games are already unique. No other Games in modern history has had its build-up vexed by such a bewildering mass of political frictions, economic shocks and doping controversies. But as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad shift into delivery mode with Friday’s Opening Ceremony, there is the guarantee of something beautiful being presented to the watching world.
IOC delay naming athletes caught in Beijing 2008 and London 2012 re-tests until after Rio 2016
Names of all 98 athletes to have tested positive following targeted re-analysis of drug tests at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in Beijing and London respectively will not be confirmed until after Rio 2016, it was revealed here today.
Usain Bolt approaches peak to pump up pressure on Justin Gatlin
Men’s Olympic 100m final in Rio is being billed as a showdown between good and evil with the champion confident he can succeed again