London, May 2 (ANI): Russia's world discus champion Darya Pishchalnikova will reportedly be facing losing her London 2012 Olympic silver medal and a ban for 10 years from the sport for failing a drug test.

London, Apr 24 (ANI): World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is set to choose Ireland over Great Britain at the Rio Olympics when golf makes its return to the Games in 2016.

London, April 19 (ANI): Queen Elizabeth's cameo role alongside 007 star Daniel Craig in the London 2012 opening ceremony has been voted as Britain's favourite moment from the monarch's 61-year reign.

Washington, Apr.17 (ANI): Brazil officials are reportedly planning tougher security strategies ahead of 2014 Football World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics following the Boston Marathon blasts.

London, Mar 23 (ANI): Danny Boyle, who was the mastermind behind last year's London Games opening ceremony, has revealed he did not actually ask the Queen to appear in his James Bond sketch but she volunteered.

London, Mar. 22 (ANI): Britain witnessed a significant increase in terrorism arrests last year in the runup to the Olympics, according to statistics provided by the Home Office.

London, Mar. 18 (ANI): Danny Boyle has said that he was so angered by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games' (LOCOG) cost-cutting that he had to use threats to leave and was "unbelievably unpleasant" in order to get his way.

Melbourne, March 9 (ANI): Olympic officials have ordered the iconic Maslin Beach Nude Olympics to stop using the term 'Olympics' in the title.

London, Feb 28 (ANI): The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Committee is eyeing the inclusion of Twenty20 cricket at the 2024 Olympic Games, claiming it could lead to a potential boost in the profile of the sport.

Chandigarh, Feb.24 (ANI): Yogeshwar Dutt, Indian Olympic grappler and 2012 Olympics bronze medallist, has strongly objected to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to exclude the sport from the 2020 event.

Sydney, Feb 21 (ANI): Australian men's 100 metre Olympic relay team, which includes swimming star James Magnussen, is set to reveal details about the misuse of prescribed drugs in the lead-up to their disastrous showing at the London Games, during a press conference on Friday.

London, Feb 16 (ANI): Great Britain's Olympic star Mo Farah has said that he wants to win more gold medals, in a manner similar to his friend and Olympic star Usain Bolt's phenomenal success at the London Olympics.

London, Feb 13 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s recommendation to drop wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games has sparked outrage among wrestlers all over the world, including India.

Melbourne, January 21 (ANI): Hundreds of people of all shapes and sizes turned up to compete at Nude Olympics organized at South Australia's Maslin Beach.

London, Jan 16(ANI): Cycling could be dropped from the Olympic games if Lance Armstrong, who has confessed to doping, reveals sport's governing body's involvement in covering up his doping scandal.