The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) has fixed the date of a key Extraordinary General Assembly to agree and adopt its new Constitution for May 4 and 5 in Brasilia.

José Joaquín Puello, a 75-year-old neurosurgeon from the Dominican Republic, has emerged as a candidate to succeed Julio Maglione as President of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO).

The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) is poised to decide the venue and date of an Extraordinary General Assembly to agree and adopt its new Constitution, with El Salvador thought to be high on the list of possible settings.

Swimming marathon world champion Ana Marcela Cunha and Isaquias Queiroz, gold medallist at the Canoe Sprint World Championships, have been named Best Brazilian Athletes in 2015 at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) awards ceremony.

The ongoing economic and political crisis in Brazil poses a “challenge” to Rio 2016’s preparations for next year’s Olympic Games, Organising Committee President Carlos Nuzman admitted here today but vowed to not let the issue effect their chances of delivering on their promises.

Soft drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola have been announced as the latest sponsor of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

French legend Tony Estanguet has praised the "beautiful" Olympic canoe slalom venue in Deodoro along with Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman and the city's Mayor Eduardo Paes.

Rio 2016 and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched a “Green Passport” campaign at the Environment Museum in Rio de Janeiro.

This year's Miss World Brazil Catharina Choi Nunes has been appointed as the latest goodwill ambassador of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to help promote the sport in the country ahead of next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it has been announced.

São Paulo has signed a host city contract to stage Olympic football, with 10 matches set to be played in the Corinthians Arena during Rio 2016.

Rio 2016 have urged National Olympic Committees to seek "non-traditional" forms of accommodation during next year's Olympics and Paralympics, such as rented apartments through their partnership with Airbnb.

Sir Philip Craven has targeted achieving a cumulative television audience of four billion for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on a day of celebrations marking exactly one year until the Opening Ceremony.

The Olympic flame will briefly visit the Olympic Capital of Lausanne in Switzerland before heading to Brazilian soil next summer.

Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman claims water in the Guanabara Bay sailing venue will be "totally clean" by the end of this year, although he stopped short of fully guaranteeing that not a single athlete will become ill during next year's Olympics and Paralympics. 

The voting power of countries which have hosted the Pan American Games on multiple occasions is set to be significantly diluted under a new Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) Constitution.