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FILE: US Kate Hansen gestures during a Women Luge training session at the Sanki Sliding Centre in Rosa Khutor on February 8, 2014, during the Sochi Winter Olympics. Picture: AFP.

Sochi

WADA seeks more independence for Sochi investigation team

By Reuters

Earlier this week, the IOC said it would start re-testing samples from the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.

  • Picture: Supplied.

    Sochi doping allegations could show 'unprecedented criminality'

    Russia is at the heart of the biggest doping scandal in sport, with its track & field athletes suspended.

    2188 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Russia defends transparency of Sochi doping controls

    Russia is banned from all track and field competitions, including the Rio Olympics in August.

    2197 days ago
  • FILE: The Briton Lewis Hamilton who started on pole position, chalked up his fourth win in a row. Picture: AFP.

    Hamilton wins as Mercedes take constructors' title

    Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix.

    2773 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture:AFP.

    G7 Summit snubs Russia over Ukraine

    The world's leading industrialised nations will meet without Russia for the first time in 17 years.

    2903 days ago
  • Both women said police used force and threw them in a police van. Picture: AFP.

    Pussy Riot members detained in Sochi

    Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova say police used force and threw them in a police van.

    3009 days ago
  • RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Sochi : (From L) Russia's silver medalist Vladimir Grigorev, Russia's gold medalist Victor An and Netherlands' bronze medalist Sjinkie Knegt pose on the podium during the Men's Short Track 1000 m Medal Ceremony at the Sochi medals plaza during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 15, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS

    Ahn's gold hard for S.Korea to swallow

    Viktor Ahn was draped in the Russian flag while crying tears of joy after winning gold.

    3011 days ago
  • RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Rosa Khutor : Austria's Matthias Mayer reacts in the finish area during the Men's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 9, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Flier Mayer wins men's downhill

    Austrian Matthias Mayer conquered the treacherous Rosa Khutor run at Russia's Winter Olympics.

    3018 days ago
  • RUSSIAN FEDERATION, Rosa Khutor : Great Britain's Billy Morgan competes during the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 8, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Britain’s Billy Morgan slides into slopestyle final

    The snowboarder sailed into the Sochi Olympic final of the men's slopestyle event at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.

    3019 days ago
  • FILE: Skier Luke Steyn will be representing Zimbabwe in Sochi, Russia. Picture: Supplied.

    Sochi: Zim to compete in skiing

    Luke Steyn will be representing the southern African country in Sochi, Russia.

    3020 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: AFP.

    World leaders plead with Putin

    In an open letter to the Russian president, leaders called on him to endorse a resolution on Syria.

    3020 days ago
  • Google's landing page shows a winter sports competitor above each of the six letters. Picture: AFP.

    Google supports gay rights in Sochi

    Google's landing page shows a winter sports competitor above each of the six letters.

    3020 days ago
  • Athlete safety has come into focus in Sochi following Shaun White’s decision to pull out on Wednesday. Picture: Supplied.

    Womens training disrupted by safety fears

    Athlete safety has come into focus in Sochi following Shaun White’s decision to pull out on Wednesday.

    3021 days ago
  • The mayor of Sochi says that while homosexuality was not accepted in his Caucasus region, gay visitors will be welcome at the Winter Olympics if they respect Russian laws Picture: Stock.XCHNG.

    Sochi mayor speaks out on homosexuality

    Campaign groups continue to call for gay rights to be respected.

    3031 days ago
  • Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered that security be tightened in Sochi ahead of the Winter Olympics in February. Picture: AFP.

    Russian security upped ahead of Olympics

    Vladimir Putin has increased security in Russia following two suicide bomb attacks in Volgograd.

    3051 days ago
  • The Olympic logo in the building of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne on May 8, 2012. Picture: AFP

    Floods hit Russia's Olympic City

    Russian Olympic Committee said they had no doubt Sochi will be ready for the Games next February.

    3155 days ago
  • A small rainbow flag, representing equality for members of the LGBTI community. Picture: Stock.XCHNG

    IOC: Russia must explain anti-gay law

    The Olympic body wants clarification of how the law will be applied.

    3202 days ago
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