Olympics

Russia's Olympic suspension has been lifted with immediate effect by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

School and a meat pie were the main things on the minds of our Winter Olympic medalists when they arrived back in New Zealand this morning.

Snowsports New Zealand is already eyeing greater success at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing after two medal wins yesterday.

Russian Alexandr Krushelnitckii has been stripped of the mixed doubles curling bronze medal he won at the Winter Olympics after being found guilty of doping.

Close, but not close enough has been the early theme of New Zealand's Pyeongchang campaign and chef de mission Pete Wardell wants the rot to stop.

The International Olympic Committee will not invite the 15 Russian athletes and coaches, who had their lifetime bans overturned, to the Pyeongchang Winter Games.

Sport New Zealand has set a modest target of 16 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would not prevent its athletes from competing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics if they want to.

New Zealand athletes and sports administrators have been overwhelmingly supportive of the International Olympic Committee's decision to ban Russia from February's Winter Olympics in South Korea.

More than 20,000 doping tests will have been conducted by the start of next year's Pyeongchang winter Olympics.

USA Olympic gymnastics doctor pleads guilty to seven charges of sexual assault

Re-testing of more than a thousand samples from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics uncovered only one athlete to have taken banned substances.

A group of the world's leading anti-doping organisations have called for Russia to be excluded from next year's Winter Games in South Korea over alleged state-sponsored doping.

The International Olympic Committee has officially given Los Angeles the go ahead to host the 2028 Olympics.

Police have raided the home of Brazil's Olympics chief accusing him of bribing International Olympic Committee members to bring the 2016 Games to Rio de Janeiro.

Los Angeles has formally been chosen to host the 2028 Olympics in a deal that virtually assures that the 2024 Games will be held in the rival candidate city of Paris.

The International Olympic Committee moved close to an agreement that will allow Paris and Los Angeles to each host the Summer Games between now and 2028 and rule out any other cities from bidding.