Just hours before the Olympic flame is lit for Rio, 60 runners from all branches of the Greek armed forces have arrived in Ancient Olympia after a marathon "truce walk" with a message of peace.
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Exclusive: SportAccord set to lose three-quarters of income over two years
Working papers for next month’s SportAccord General Assembly seen by insidethegames show the sheer scale of the downsizing forced on the umbrella body for Olympic and non-Olympic sports, as a consequence of the devastating fall-out from the bombshell speech delivered last year in Sochi by Marius Vizer, the then SportAccord President.
Phelps "not worried" by Zika virus ahead of Rio 2016
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, has said that he is "not worried" about the Zika virus as he prepares for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
IOC keen to increase "Try the Sport" activities at Rio 2016 following Winter Youth Olympic Games success
More effort is being made to allow spectators to try-out and learn more about sports on the programme at Olympic Games, IOC sports director Kit McConnell told insidethegames today.
Exclusive: Lausanne 2020 will convince IOC to keep Youth Olympic Games, chief executive claims
Lausanne 2020 will show the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the Youth Games should not be scrapped by putting on a “magic” spectacle, newly-appointed chief executive Ian Logan told insidethegames here.