RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will not attend any of the Paralympic Games starting in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said.

LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Almaz Ayana will sign off her stellar 2016 season in Brussels on Friday by trying to add the 5,000 meters world record to the incredible 10,000 mark she set at the Rio Olympic Games last month.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Inside Rio de Janeiro's Horto favela, half-paved roads connect scattered homes, as monkeys comb through the trees above, and water streams through aqueducts, built by slaves centuries before.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police said on Monday they have "overwhelming" proof the former head of the Olympic Council of Ireland led an illegal ticketing ring at the Rio Games and are preparing to make a formal accusation later in the week.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Singapore has handled its Zika outbreak in a textbook fashion so far, while the United States could see the disease spread beyond Florida despite mosquito-control measures, officials at the World Health Organization said on Friday.

MELBOURNE, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Chasing a woman across a field to secure a sacred whale's tooth was probably not in Ben Ryan's plans in his last days in Fiji but it was another unforgettable moment for the Englishman who coached the Pacific nation's rugby sevens team to Olympic gold at Rio.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro will try to convince Brazil's government to leave in place indefinitely the national security force that protected the Olympics to cut down on crime amid a budget crisis, state public safety secretary Jose Mariano Beltrame said on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's disabled athletes will not be allowed to compete as neutrals at this month's Rio de Janeiro Paralympics after their country was banned because of a state-sponsored sports doping program.

TOKYO (Reuters) - An independent panel found that Tokyo's $2 million payment to a Singaporean consulting firm in connection with its bid to host the Tokyo 2020 Games was legitimate, its head said on Thursday.