The decision has drawn sharp criticism from the athletes.

'Give us one-third of income': Haryana government orders sportspersons

A number of African athletes who went missing from the Commonwealth Games last month have resurfaced seeking advice on gaining asylum in Australia

Missing Commonwealth Games athletes resurface, want asylum in Australia

The Swiss Olympic team did not name the two athletes but report says it was the freestyle skiers, Fabian Boesch and Elias Ambuehl

2 Swiss athletes sick with norovirus at Winter Olympics

North Korea’s planned involvement in Pyeongchang is viewed as a sign of easing tensions over its nuclear and missile programme

Winter Olympics 2018: North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang

The 23rd Winter Olympics will feature 102 events in 15 sports and athletes from all over the world

Google celebrates 23rd Winter Olympics

The IOC is providing Galaxy Note 8 devices from Olympic sponsor Samsung to all athletes and officials at the Games, loaded with essential logistical and competition information

North Koreans decline Olympic phones: reports

47 Russian athletes and staff implicated in doping have lost a last-minute court bid to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Friday

47 Russians lose late court bid to compete at Olympics

The decision given by Court of Arbitration for Sport could allow some of the athletes to compete in this month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang

CAS clears 28 Russians athletes of doping, Putin 'very glad'

The two athletes were the first Russians to be sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations following an IOC investigation into allegations of widespread doping among Russians and sample tampering by lab and security officials to give them the edge.

2 Russian skiers get life bans over Sochi Games doping

Some 2000 athletes from 31 countries will be competing in five sports across 64 events in Japan

Japan to host Asian Winter Games

The IOC resisted calls for a blanket ban on Sunday on Russians competing in next month's Rio games due to the country's doping record

Rio Olympics 2016: WADA 'disappointed' by IOC decision on Russia

Australians leave 'not safe or ready' Rio Village, while Russian athletes are just grateful the IOC let them in

Rio Olympic Village opening characterised by clogged toilets

The athletes taking part are dubbed T21s, named after the most common form of Down's Syndrome, trisomy 21

Italy hosts first Down's Syndrome Olympics

IOC will not grant any accreditation to any Russian sport ministry official or any person implicated in the WADA report

IOC bars Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko from Rio Olympics

Milos Raonic and Simona Halep joined a growing list of athletes to pull out of Rio Games due to health concerns

Raonic and Halep withdraw from Rio Olympics over Zika

Kenya's reputation has been tarnished by more than 40 doping cases in last four years. It's Rio Olympics participation was also in jeopardy

Rio 2016: WADA removes Kenya from list of 'non-compliant' nations

Thomas Bach said preventing clean athletes from competing and treating them as 'collateral damage' would have been wrong

IOC president says blanket Rio ban on Russia would have been disastrous

Tennis stars are the latest to withdraw from Olympics over fear of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, linked to birth defects in newborn babies

Bryan brothers pull out of Rio Games, citing health concerns

The International Weightlifting Federation said some of the athletes had been named in a report which exposed state-backed doping in Russia

Russian weightlifting team barred from Rio Games

Their exclusion takes the number of Russians banned from taking part in Rio to 18 since Sunday after IOC decided not to issue blanket ban

Five Russian canoers, including five-times world champion Korovashkov, banned from Rio

International Olympic Committee's executive board are to hold a conference call on Sunday to discuss banning Russia from the Rio Games

Russia braces for IOC ruling after CAS bans athletics squad

WADA had suspended credentials of the laboratory on June 24 for failing to comply with international standards

Rio drug lab recertified for Olympic testing

The report said a dozen doping cases in Russian football were among hundreds covered up by Moscow

FIFA promises 'appropriate steps' after WADA report on doping in Russia

121 athletes have qualified for Rio 2016, nearly a third more than the number that qualified for the last Games

India?s Rio contingent given rousing send-off in Delhi

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