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rio 2016 how team gb are shaping up with one year...

The Guardian analyses the state of preparations in the key Olympic sports,with the outlook promising...

rio olympics buildup may not match london 2012 but...

The early signs may not look too promising but in just over 100 days you will be giving yourself up...

how the arms race has become the rio 2016 olympics...

Rio de Janeiro will deploy 85000 security personnel for the summer Games,double those at London...

anna meares: i didnt feel like i belonged. that...

Australias Olympic track cycling champion will miss her rivalry with Victoria Pendleton in Rio but...

the first street child games has already brought...

The Olympians going to Brazil are following a group young athletes from around the world who made...

the road to rio 2016: how the key olympic sports...

From athletics to tennis,Guardian writers give their verdict on how competitors are working towards...

ibtihaj muhammad: the us fencing star out to...

The 30-year-old-fashioned from New Jersey will compete in the hijab in Rio. She’s planning to use...

no plan b if olympic velodrome not ready on time,...

• Rio organisers assure Brian Cookson behind-schedule venue will be finished• UCI president says...

don t postpone rio olympics over zika, says expert

Wellcome Trust head says potential risks of contracting virus from going to Games conclude not...

100 days to the rio olympics: why the feelgood...

It is true to say that every Olympics faces searching questions at this point in its life cycle and...

is rio ready for the 2016 olympics? six key...

Several urgent issues remain before the Games inaugurate and,with just over 100 days to go, we look...

matt emmons: the smiling olympian who survived...

The gold-medal winning shooter has had to overcome thyroid cancer,hitting the incorrect target and a...

the rio property developer hoping for a 1bn...

Carlos Carvalho,who owns 6m square metres of land in Barra, domestic of the Olympic Park, or wants...

russia warned it still has work to do to take part...

• Russian Athletics Federation should not be reinstated,says Sebastian Coe[br]• Kenya, Morocco,...

australians abroad: water polo star aidan roach, a...

With a rugby league playing father,there was perhaps an expectation that Aidan Roach would make it...

olympic chiefs give go ahead for refugee team to...

More than 40 high-performance athletes,who are also refugees with no domestic country, bear been...

olympic chiefs give go ahead for refugee team to...

More than 40 tall-performance athletes,who are also refugees with no home country, maintain been...

cyclists will be ready for worlds and olympics in...

• heed England backs squad to recover from poor Paris showing• London hosts world championships...

rio 2016 pollution and costs muddy olympic waters

Rio de Janeiro is huffing and puffing as it crawls towards the deadline to supply what should be the...

100 days until the olympics in rio: share your...

With the countdown to the Olympics underway,we would like to hear the view from Brazil: what are...

ioc: brazils political turmoil will inevitably...

Leading IOC official: ‘I assume they and we will own to get through it’Brazil in worst recession...

100 days until rio 2016: it will be a great party,...

Brazil has lurched from one controversy to the next of late,undermining confidence that Rio is ready...

rio 2016 olympics facing major cutbacks to meet...

• Days of lavish spending are over,says Olympic press officer• Savings focused on...

o empresario carioca na esperanca de um legado...

Carlos Carvalho,proprietário de 6 milhões de metros quadrados na Barra da Tijuca, local do Parque...

shane sutton rio 2016 aim for wiggins and...

• Cavendish has sights on Olympic omnium and Wiggins wants pursuit place• ‘Having two of best...

jessica ennis hill s coach: britain should move...

• Toni Minichiello wants preparation to take place external Brazil• ‘We should be looking at...

athletes at rio olympics to compete in...

Analysis of Rio waters reveals hazardous contamination levelsMarine biologist: ‘What you possess...

Athletes at Rio Olympics to compete in...

Analysis of Rio waters reveals uncertain contamination levelsMarine biologist: ‘What you bear...

rio 2016 olympic flame is lit at temple of hera in...

Torch ignited in ceremony at site of ancient Games,with Brazilian organisers set to receive flame in...

refugee athletes will be allowed to compete at...

• IOC president Thomas Bach announces wobble at UN General Assembly• ‘The international...

2016 olympics 13 us rowers fall ill after...

Venues enjoy recorded high levels of bacteria from sewageTeam doctor suspects water is to blame for...

Alistair Brownlee unperturbed by dirty water for...

• British gold medallist says he is ‘no stranger’ to it despite health risks• Triathlete is...

adam peaty books place at rio olympics with...

• 100m breaststroke world champion cruises to gold in 58.41sec[br]• James Guy and Hannah Miley...

louis oosthuizen opts out of south africa s rio...

• Oosthuizen joins Adam Scott in giving Rio Games a miss• Former Open champion cites family and...

australias 2016 olympic team expected to double...

AOC projects team will win 13 golds at the 2016 GamesGolds expected in swimming,cycling, rowing, and...

rio 2016: chance of infection very likely after...

Experts say ‘virus levels are widespread’ after AP testing shows water is badly...

rio mayor admits he is worried one year before...

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro,Eduardo Paes, admits cause for concern in Brazil's darkening...

derek hawkins named as third member of rio...

• Hawkins joins brother Callum and Tsegai Tewelde on team• Scott Overall misses out after...

rio 2016 olympics and paralympics test events - in...

With four months to proceed before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games,and then the Paralympic Games...

british olympic association softens stance over...

• Governing body tells pregnant women to avoid areas of transmission• Leading rower Constantine...

amputee long jumper markus rehm s olympic hopes...

• Paralympic champion beats able-bodied rivals with jump of 8.10m• British long jumpers Chris...

great britain s rio olympics medal expectations...

• UK Sport expects to better tallies from Beijing 2008 rather than London 2012• Olympic and...

rio olympics public scepticism persists as...

Progress on venues and infrastructure is evident but the city faces its biggest test of public...

olympic chiefs to order testing for viruses in...

International Olympic Committee advised by WHO to expand its testing after tall counts of viruses...

rio olympics organisers face pollution challenges ...

• Animal carcasses among rubbish spotted at 2016 sailing venue• We see progress but there is no...

new zealand thrown out of olympic qualifying after...

Kiwi football team field Deklan Wynne in qualification tournamentVanuatu declared 3-0...

rio olympic cycling test event cancelled with no...

• April test event was initially scheduled for mid-March• Olympic Games organisers say velodrome...

syrian refugee carries olympic flame through greek...

A 27-year-traditional disabled Syrian refugee carries the Olympic flame through the Elaionas refugee...

katherine grainger books place at fifth olympics...

• Grainger and Vicky Thornley qualify for Rio 2016 in double scull• 39-year-old Grainger...

golf doesn039t need the olympics and the olympics...

From the botched format to the economic and environmental concerns surrounding the Rio...

Rio 2016 Olympics, a year to go: mascots, medal...

On 5 August next year,the Maracanã will host the Olympics’ opening ceremony. But not everything...

rio 2016 president plays down olympic games fears

• Carlos Nuzman says only velodrome is behind schedule ‘Many,many sports are already sold...

great britain s men s gymnastics team qualifies...

• GB men’s team reach World Gymnastics Championships final• Women’s team qualified for Rio...

world rowing to test rio olympic waters for...

The World Rowing Federation Fisa agrees to test the waters in Rio de Janeiro for viruses,after a...

rio 2016 guardian us writers share what they039re...

With the Rio Olympics just one year absent,Guardian US contributors share which athletes and...

ex world sailing chief voted out for trying to...

• Testing on Guanabara Bay shows disease-causing viruses linked to sewage• Peter Sowrey: I was...

olympic rowing champion anna watkins announces...

• Watkins has had two sons since winning gold at London 2012• ‘The more I realised it was...

australians unfazed by water pollution at rio...

Three Australian athletes fall ill but no concern over water pollution Food poisoning thought to...

olympic flame reaches rio de janeiro - video

The Brazilian torch relay for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics begins on Tuesday with volleyball player...

torch ceremony begins brazils olympic countdown...

The countdown to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics begins on Thursday with the official lighting of the...

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rio 2016 how team gb are shaping up with one year...

rio olympics buildup may not match london 2012 but...

how the arms race has become the rio 2016 olympics...

anna meares: i didnt feel like i belonged. that...

the first street child games has already brought...

the road to rio 2016: how the key olympic sports...

ibtihaj muhammad: the us fencing star out to...

no plan b if olympic velodrome not ready on time,...

don t postpone rio olympics over zika, says expert

100 days to the rio olympics: why the feelgood...

is rio ready for the 2016 olympics? six key...

matt emmons: the smiling olympian who survived...

the rio property developer hoping for a 1bn...

russia warned it still has work to do to take part...

australians abroad: water polo star aidan roach, a...

olympic chiefs give go ahead for refugee team to...

olympic chiefs give go ahead for refugee team to...

cyclists will be ready for worlds and olympics in...

rio 2016 pollution and costs muddy olympic waters

100 days until the olympics in rio: share your...

ioc: brazils political turmoil will inevitably...

100 days until rio 2016: it will be a great party,...

rio 2016 olympics facing major cutbacks to meet...

o empresario carioca na esperanca de um legado...

shane sutton rio 2016 aim for wiggins and...

jessica ennis hill s coach: britain should move...

athletes at rio olympics to compete in...

Athletes at Rio Olympics to compete in...

rio 2016 olympic flame is lit at temple of hera in...

refugee athletes will be allowed to compete at...

2016 olympics 13 us rowers fall ill after...

Alistair Brownlee unperturbed by dirty water for...

adam peaty books place at rio olympics with...

louis oosthuizen opts out of south africa s rio...

australias 2016 olympic team expected to double...

rio 2016: chance of infection very likely after...

rio mayor admits he is worried one year before...

derek hawkins named as third member of rio...

rio 2016 olympics and paralympics test events - in...

british olympic association softens stance over...

amputee long jumper markus rehm s olympic hopes...

great britain s rio olympics medal expectations...

rio olympics public scepticism persists as...

olympic chiefs to order testing for viruses in...

rio olympics organisers face pollution challenges ...

new zealand thrown out of olympic qualifying after...

rio olympic cycling test event cancelled with no...

syrian refugee carries olympic flame through greek...

katherine grainger books place at fifth olympics...

golf doesn039t need the olympics and the olympics...

Rio 2016 Olympics, a year to go: mascots, medal...

rio 2016 president plays down olympic games fears

great britain s men s gymnastics team qualifies...

world rowing to test rio olympic waters for...

rio 2016 guardian us writers share what they039re...

ex world sailing chief voted out for trying to...

olympic rowing champion anna watkins announces...

australians unfazed by water pollution at rio...

olympic flame reaches rio de janeiro - video

torch ceremony begins brazils olympic countdown...