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Australian FourFourTwo
Korea, Japan delighted with Olympics qualification after setting up AFC Under-23 Championship final
Australian FourFourTwo
Japan and South Korea will contest the final of the AFC U23 Championship on Saturday after both picked up semi-final wins over Iraq and Qatar respectively. The pair's victories also secured them both berths at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Japan and South Korea qualify for Rio OlympicsShanghai Daily (subscription)
Football: Japan, South Korea q

Salt Lake Tribune
Olympics: IOC's Bach: Rio de Janeiro Games will 'overwhelm' world
Salt Lake Tribune
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks during a sporting awards ceremony of Greek athletes in Athens on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Bach says he is confident the Rio Olympics will “overwhelm” the world, despite the host country's major financial crisis.
Blind athlete dreams of Rio OlympicsDeutsche Welle
Olympics-Rio will be success despite 'situation of crisis' - BachThomson Reuters Foundat

Chandigarh Tribune
Heena shoots gold, qualifies for Olympics
Chandigarh Tribune
Heena Sidhu is all smiles after shooting a gold in New Delhi on Wednesday. Tribune photo. Sabi Hussain. Tribune News Service. New Delhi, January 27. For close to 10 months, Heena Sidhu endured a tremendous amount of pressure while focussing solely ...
Shooter Heena Sidhu claims Rio Olympics berth in 10m air pistolHindustan Times
Olympics in their sightsThe Hindu
Shooter Heena Sidhu qualifies for Rio OlympicsInd

Christian Post
Transgender Athletes Are Now Allowed to Compete in the Olympics Without Surgery
TeenVogue.com
The International Olympic Committee, which organizes the Olympics, has just released a historic announcement : transgender athletes should now be able to compete in games without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. “It is necessary to ensure... that ...
Trans-Athletes to Compete in Olympics Based on Gender They Identify AsChristian Post
Olympics: Transgender Athletes Allowed

Broadcasting & Cable
Diamond Promoted to Executive VP for NBC Olympics
Broadcasting & Cable
Diamond, who had been senior VP, is a 15-time Emmy Award winner. He reports to NBC Olympics executive producer Jim Bell. He will be working on his 17th Olympic Games this summer in Rio de Janeiro, more than any executive in U.S. television history, ...
Diamond promoted to NBC Olympics executive VP of programmingNews1130
NBC Olympics Promotes Peter Diamond to EVP, ProgrammingSports Video Grou

Zee News
Play for country to participate in Rio Olympics, Russia's tennis boss tells Maria Sharapova
Zee News
New Delhi: After suffering yet another defeat at the hands of Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova found herself in the centre of a controversy regarding her willingness to represent Russia at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The president of Russian Tennis ...
'Sharapova Must Play for Russia If She Wants to Go to Olympics'The New Indian Expressall 80 news articles »

Toronto Sun
5 African basketball teams to play in the Olympics qualifying tournament
AfricaNews
The male basketball teams from Angola, Tunisia and Senegal together with the Nigerian and Cameroonian women teams have made it to the 2016 Olympics qualifying tournament. The games, which will take place from July 4 through 10 will be held in ...
Tough road ahead for Canada to qualify for Olympics hoopsToronto Sun
Canada's road to Rio Olympics won't be easySportsnet.ca
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FOX 7 Austin
Special Olympics Texas Winter Games
FOX 7 Austin
The event is just about a week ago and it needs volunteers. FOX 7's Tania Ortega talks to two athletes and has details on why volunteers are so important. By: Tania Ortega. Posted:Jan 27 2016 06:50AM CST. Updated:Jan 27 2016 10:39AM CST. The Special ...
Special Olympics gives athlete confidencePoughkeepsie Journal
NHTC athletes compete in alpine skiing at Special Olympics Winter Games Feb. 2-3Black Hills Pioneer
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The Nation.
Brazil in Peril: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Zika Virus
The Nation.
The legacy of the 2016 Brazil Olympics could be the spreading of the Zika virus across the hemisphere's most vulnerable populations. By Dave ZirinTwitter. Today 8:00 am. Facebook; Twitter; Email; Print. Workers spraying insecticide. Health workers ...
Will The Zika Virus Affect The Olympics In Rio De Janeiro? Officials Are Already Dealing With The ProblemBustle
Zika virus: Australian athletes warned of risk

Daily Mail
Yolanda Foster reveals model daughter Bella Hadid has given up 2016 Olympics dream due to Lyme disease battle
Daily Mail
Yolanda Foster has written a blog post defending her children Bella and Anwar, amid questions about their Lyme disease diagnosis. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star penned a strongly-worded post after watching the latest episode of her reality ...
Bella Hadid's dreams of competing in equestrian events at the 2016 Olympics are shattered due to Lyme Disea

Salt Lake Tribune
Olympics: Ex-sailing CEO: I was fired for trying to move Rio event
Salt Lake Tribune
FILE - In this June 1, 2015 file photo, a discarded sofa litters the shore of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. About 1,600 athletes will compete in Rio during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Hundreds more will be involved during the subsequent ...
Olympics: Ex CEO of World Sailing says he was fired over Rio's polluted venueFredericksburg.com
Polluted Rio Water Again In Center of Attenti