A DISGRACED Austrian ski coach left behind syringes in the home he rented for the Turin Olympics, and more details were revealed yesterday about what was seized in a surprise weekend raid on the living quarters of athletes and staff - including unlabeled drugs and a blood transfusion machine.

CHINA’S treatment of young gymnasts being trained for the 2008 Olympics has been put under the spotlight after Matthew Pinsent was left “shocked” and “disturbed” by what he viewed as child abuse on a visit to a gym in Beijing.

SHOWJUMPER Cian O’Connor was yesterday officially stripped of his Olympic gold medal because his horse failed a drugs test.

Irish showjumper Cian O’Connor was today officially stripped of his Olympic gold medal because his horse failed a drugs test.

Olympic watchdogs are investigating a £15m (€22m) incentives package being offered by London as part of their bid for the 2012 Games, it was announced today.

The IOC today responded to rumours that a high-profile competitor at the Athens Olympics has failed a drugs test.

The International Weightlifting Federation have named the five competitors who have been thrown out of the Olympics for positive drugs tests.

Organisers of the Olympic Games in Athens have destroyed vital wildlife habitats, a trail of destruction which is threatening to spread to nearby mountains, the World Wide Fund for Nature said today.