Leading marketing consultant Patrick Nally has warned that sport is coming under increasing pressure to look at itself in the light of the FIFA scandal and the dispute between SportsAccord and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Sports leaders from around the world have ascended here for the first edition of The Academy, an event organised by TSE Consulting with insidethegames as the exclusive media partners. 

Competitors have had the first chance to look at the medals they will be fighting for this summer at the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships.

Defending women’s champions Brazil will face Nicaragua in the opening match of the beach volleyball event at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.