The under-fire World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has received a welcome and critically-timed vote of confidence from 19 European Sports Ministers.

Furniture retailer DFS has produced a 30-second film to promote its partnership with Team GB.

The most eagerly anticipated and contintious legacy project of Rio 2016 - the subway extension linking the city centre with the main Olympic hub at Barra de Tijuca - is due to finally open tomorrow for accredited personnel only.

Three laptops and items of clothing were stolen from the Australian apartments in the Olympic Village when the team was evacuated due to fire last week, it was revealed today. 

Thomas Bach today sought to shovel blame for the shambles over Russian participation at the Rio 2016 squarely onto the shoulders of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed they are not in a "position to sanction heads of state in any given country" after he was questioned as to why he has not criticised Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, who have denied they are responsible for state-sponsored doping. 

Los Angeles 2024 has hailed the recent staging of matches in the USA Basketball Showcase and the International Champions Cup pre-season football tournament at proposed Olympic and Paralympic Games venues after the events drew more than 100,000 spectators in the city.

Names of all 98 athletes to have tested positive following targeted re-analysis of drug tests at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in Beijing and London respectively will not be confirmed until after Rio 2016, it was revealed here today.

Installation of signs commemorating West Ham United legends Bobby Moore and Sir Trevor Brooking and continued work on the retractable seating are among the latest changes made to the Olympic Stadium ahead of the Premier League club’s first match there on Thursday (August 4).

Japanese Weightlifting Federation President Yuriko Koike has been elected the first female Governor of Tokyo today.

A main ramp allowing boats to access water at the Marina de Gloria sailing venue has collapsed today amid strong waves in the latest indication of poor construction work for the Olympic and Paralympic Games here. 

François Hollande, the French President, is expected to meet his International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach on the morning of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony here next Friday (August 5).

More protests are expected to take place here ahead of the Opening Ceremony of Rio 2016 as demonstrators protest against the spending required to host the Olympic Games.

A petition set up on the change.org website in a bid to persuade the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reverse its decision not to allow whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova to compete at Rio 2016 has attracted over 50,000 signatures less than three days after being launched.