A Russian appeal against its ban from the Rio 2016 weightlifting competiton has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has thrown out the appeal filed by 17 Russian rowers against their exclusion from the Olympic Games

Juan Antonio Samaranch looks on course to become an International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president 42 years after his father.

Thomas Bach has made a staunch defence of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s handling of the Russian doping crisis in his speech to the Opening Ceremony of the 129th IOC Session.

The start of the Olympic sailing competition next Monday (August 8) will not be delayed, according to Andy Hunt, chief executive of World Sailing.

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

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).

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).

With athletes arriving at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, the electoral statements of the 23 candidates vying for a place on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission have been published.

The Olympic Channel is to launch on August 21.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) may draw on its newly-gathered investigations fund to enable Richard McLaren’s work to continue, Olivier Niggli, director general, has told insidethegames, insisting: “We’ll find the money”.

David Kenworthy has used his last performance report as chair of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) to deliver a strongly-worded warning about the consequences for sport of sub-standard governance.

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has published audited annual financial accounts for the first time, in a move that makes plain the full extent of the body’s dependence on the Olympic Games for its financial stability.

Olivier Niggli, incoming director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is aiming to finalise a policy on working with whistleblowers, such as the Stepanovs and former Moscow laboratory chief Grigory Rodchenkov, before the end of the year.