Rio 2016 have scrapped plans for a 4,000-seater floating grandstand at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas rowing and canoe sprint venue ahead of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games, organisers have confirmed.

Mexico's suspension from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has been lifted at an Executive Committee meeting in Mies today, insidethegames has been told, meaning the country will be free to compete at July's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Gymnasts competing at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro can take part safe in the knowledge that the judging will be fair, it has been claimed by the President of the world governing body.

Angola will compete in an Olympic sailing competition for the first time in 24 years after Matia Montinho and Paixao Afonso secured a quota place at the 470 African Championships.

Los Angeles City Council today unanimously approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Los Angeles 2024, formalising their relationship with the Bid Committee.

Former President of Hungary and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Pál Schmitt has been appointed as the President of the Budapest 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid Committee.

Are we fighting a losing battle trying to stop athletes taking performance enhancing drugs? Is cheating just so much a part of “our” collective genetic makeup that it can never be eradicated from sport? Is the only option to throw more money at it, and make the offenders criminals and put them in prison, or is there an alternative, albeit extreme option?

Evidence suggesting an athletics sponsorship deal may have unfairly influenced Tokyo's victory in the race for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will be studied by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to "better understand" the claims being made, insidethegames has been told.

Tokyo's victory in the race for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games has been implicated in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) corruption scandal after it was suggested a sponsorship payment agreed between Japan and the the world governing body may have encouraged some International Olympic Committee members to vote for it rather than rival Istanbul.  

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes insists there is enough money to avoid disruption at this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite facing another raft of criticisms for raising bus prices across the city.

Kuwait’s decision to sue sporting officials for compensation following their suspension from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been called an “outrageous overreaction” today as conflict remains as fierce as ever less than three months ahead of a crucial deadline.

Belgian designer Olivier Debie has still not resolved his plagiarism conflict with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the initial Tokyo 2020 Emblem, he has confirmed to insidethegames.

A complete makeover is taking place at the Dr Karni Singh ranges in Tughlakabad ahead of India hosting of the replacement Rio 2016 Olympic qualifier for Asian shooters later this month.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were tonight forced to deny allegations they considered hiding drugs cases involving Russian athletes from the public before the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 

The Netherlands' women delivered a devastating attacking display to thrash Turkey in their second match at the European Water Polo Championships in Belgrade.