Former Olympic race walking champion Alex Schwazer is banned for eight years after losing another doping case days before he hoped to compete in Rio de Janeiro. The Court oitaf Arbitration for Sport ...

There are 35 Olympic sports to be played at this year's Summer Games in London. We all know about swimming, track and field, and gymnastics. But the inclusion of some other sports has raised some ...

BOLZANO, Italy Former Olympic race walking gold medalist Alex Schwazer was handed an eight-month suspended prison sentence Monday under a plea bargain deal with prosecutors investigating him for ...

How many miles is the Olympic marathon? The Olympic marathon is a 26.219-mile race with a route that passes through nine of the Île-de-France region’s districts. How long are the Olympic race walking ...

LEFT: Liu Hong of China races to the finish line during the Women's 20km Walk of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 11, 2012.<br>RIGHT: Equestrian vaulting champion, British Joanne Eccles, competes ...

ROME -- Former Olympic race walking gold medalist Alex Schwazer was handed an additional six-month ban on Thursday for evading doping tests, but will still be eligible to potentially compete in the ...