Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66

IMAGE: Yuriy Sedykh won gold at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, but missed the 1984 Los Angeles Games because of a Soviet boycott. Photograph: Mike Powell/Getty Images Yuriy Sedykh, a two-time......

Timeline of the Russia doping case

IMAGE: People gather outside the headquarters of the Olympic Committee of Russia in Moscow, Russia on November 28. WADA's executive committee banned Russia after it concluded that Moscow had......

World reacts to reinstatement of Russian athletes

'I think it's a sad day for clean athletes when the very organisation that is supposed to protect them and their rights compromises on that duty' IMAGE: A sign is on display outside the office of......

Russian athletes set to return as WADA lifts doping ban

Although the change will have no immediate effect on current bans on the Russian federations for athletics, weightlifting and paralympics, it opens the door for their return, following the......

IOC tells US to clean up its own doping house

IMAGE: Staff of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) dismantle a backdrop after a news conference. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters The International Olympic Committee told the United......