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The staff of Rio de Janeiro state's consumer protection agency, PROCON, inspect meat products in the cold storage room at a supermarket in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — AFP

Crackdown dents Brazil meat exports

A woman walks into the head office of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Nov. 9, 2015. — Reuters

Russian confession

This file photo taken on Aug. 16, 2016 shows US gymnast Simone Biles celebrating on the podium of the women’s floor event final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP

Biles named Female Athlete of the Year

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Director General Christophe de Kepper speaks with IOC member Sergey Bubka before an Executive Board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday. - Reuters

Rio the ‘most perfect imperfect Games’ – IOC

Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt arrives to attend the World Premiere of the film 'I am Bolt' in central London Monday. - AFP

‘Relaxed’ Bolt says final season for the fans

A riot police water cannon splashes demonstrators during a Rio de Janeiro state's public servants protest against austerity measures in front of the Rio de Janeiro state Assembly (ALERJ), where lawmakers began discussing the measures promoted by the governor Luiz Fernando Pezao pushing budget cuts in response to nearly empty public coffers, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — AFP

In crisis-struck Rio, police need donated toilet paper

This file photo taken on Dec. 15, 2015 shows a technician holding blood samples about to be tested at the French national anti-doping laboratory, in Chatenay-Malabry, outside Paris. - AFP

Putin signs anti-doping law

wada

WADA’s woes

WADA highlights serious failings in Rio

WADA highlights serious failings in Rio

Louis Smith

Olympian misses victory parade for mosque visits

How to help Saudi athletes improve show down the road

Beyond the listless performance in Rio

Rio 2016

Boxing KOs all Rio officials

mission

‘Mission accomplished’

Syria’s refugee swimmer Ibrahim Al-Hussein — based in Athens and who participates as an Independent Paralympic Athlete for men’s 50 and 100 m freestyle (S9) of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games — speaks during an interview at the Olympic park in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP

Syrian Paralympic refugee dreams of home

Silver medalist Amr Mosaad (L-R) of Egypt, gold medalist Siamand Rahman of Iran and bronze medalist Jamil Elshebli of Jordan pose with their men’s +107kg Group A medals in Rio Wednesday. — Reuters

Records fall, attendance rises at Paralympics

American Tatyana McFadden wins the women’s 1,500m race at the Olympic Stadium during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Tuesday. — AFP

Tatyana McFadden wins 5th gold

Maestro Joao Carlos Martins, conductor and artistic director for the SESI-SP Bachiana Philharmonic, performs the National Anthem of Brazil while the Brazilian flag is hoisted during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday. — AFP

Games open for ‘superhumans’

Ryan Lochte

Lochte banned through June 2017, loses $100,000 in bonuses

Former top European member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Patrick Hickey leaves a police station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday. — Reuters

‘Rio ticket scalping ring was eyeing future Games’

2016 Rio Paralympics - Opening ceremony

Paralympics opening ceremony begins in Rio