Pegnant women should not travel to Brazil for the Olympics because of the risk posed by the Zika virus, suspected of causing fetal brain damage, President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff said Monday.more

The flame for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will pass through a refugee camp in Athens and one refugee will be among the torch bearers, the head of the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday.more

The Polish men's volleyball team won 3:2 with Germany in Berlin on Friday in a qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.more

The Polish voleyball team will have today last chance to qualify for Rio 2016 in match against Germany.more

Not showing up of Dmitriy Muserskiy on preparations of the Russian National Team caused an earthquake in volleybal circles in that country. The President of the Russia's Volleyball Federation has spoken about Muserskiy's decision not to play at the qualifications for the 2016 Rio Olympics.more

Plans for the main stadium to be used in the 2020 Summer Games here were completed Tuesday after months of controversy during which officials scrapped their initial design choice, by the Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, because of soaring cost projections.more

220 athlets will represent Poland in Rio 2016 with hope foe at least 15 medals.more

Andrzej Maksymiuk Polish coach of restling team to hope for good note for Rio 2016.more

Olympic gold medallist Tate Smith must serve a two-year ban after the kayaker was found guilty of anti-doping violations.more

Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced on Monday that highly qualified athletes who are refugees will be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time.more

Rio de Janeiro: About 240,000 tickets were sold in the first eight hours of the latest Olympic ticketing phase, organisers said.more

Top Polish athletes got invitation to the next year's Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016.more

The five new sports would take place over 18 events and include 474 more athletes. Skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball, sport climbing and karate have been recommended for inclusion at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.more

latest set of Rio 2016 commemorative coins have been unveiled as part of the celebrations marking one-year-to-go until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, while a special set of sporting stamps have also been released.more

The opening and closing ceremonies for Rio Olympics and Paralympics will be low-budget productions compared to three years ago in London, or in Beijing in 2008.more

The organising committee for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (POCOG) held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the launch of construction of the Athletes Village on Tuesday.more

Rio de Janeiro's airport for domestic flights will shut several hours a day during Olympic sailing events in the adjacent bay next year, Brazil's military said Wednesday.more

he law was approved months before the city is to host the 2016 Olympics, and when hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to fill up hotels and guest houses throughout the town. Establishments charging 'hidden' costs may be fined up to R$5,000. more

The latest attack came on Friday when a Chilean living in Rio was stabbed and her tablet computer stolen in a park adjacent to an area where Olympic cycling events will take place. more

The composer of one of the official anthems of Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics is facing an avalanche of criticism over claims his song bears an uncanny similarity to Let it Go, the theme from Disney's blockbuster animated film Frozen.more

The average person will tell you almost anything can be done. There is an old saying; all big ideas meet with opposition and all big things have been accomplished by men and women who stuck to their big idea. more

Pawel Tarnowski after swimming in olympic water in Rio said that you can see dolphins and fridges.more

The official logos for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been unveiled - but not everyone is impressed.more

Construction of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic village is 85 percent complete and due to be concluded by the end of 2015.more

Piotr Szczepanski and Marcin Pochwala have claimed a gold and bronze medal at the third ICF slalom World Cup in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia. more