Timing can be everything, as Christy Prior discovered at the final Winter Olympics qualifying event in Canada yesterday.

Critics of Olympics say a third of budget is being siphoned off by Putin's friends.

Four years ago "it was a bit of a rush"; now Shane Dobbin, well prepared this time around.

An Islamic militant group says it was behind the Volgograd bombings that killed 34 people - and they'll give tourists at Sochi for the Olympics 'a present, too'.

Jan Frodeno installed an irrigation system at his home in Noosa recently, which he rates as his biggest achievement as a gardener.

Official says there's no need to rethink safety measures for Sochi Winter Olympics despite bombings in Russia.

It's not unusual, of course, for the Olympics and politics to become intertwined. But it is quite a while since the impact has been so pronounced.

NZ's most successful sports will receive a funding boost ahead of the Rio Olympics, while basketball was another winner from today's High Performance Sport NZ investment announcement.

One of the four Olympic gold medals won by track and field star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games is up for sale in an online auction that runs until Sunday.