Brazil

All four cities in the running to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games have progressed to the next stage of the process after the International Olympic Committee said yesterday (Thursday) that “no significant issues” had been found in relation to the bids.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will double the budget for the pre-Olympic testing programme ahead of Rio 2016, adding that it will specifically seek to target Russia, Kenya and Mexico in its efforts.

Professional boxers will be eligible to complete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the International Boxing Association (Aiba) today (Wednesday) endorsed the controversial move.

Rio de Janeiro's city government has cancelled its contract with the company responsible for building the velodrome for the summer Olympic Games in just over two months’ time.

Coca-cola's director of global sport, Peter Franklin, talks about the brand’s use of highly connected influencers to create relationships.

International Olympic Committee marketing chief Timo Lumme talks to Kevin Roberts about the continued evolution of the TOP programme, the opportunities created by technology and what to look out for at Rio 2016.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has fired back at a call from a group of more than 100 leading scientists for the 2016 Olympics to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the Zika crisis, stating holding the Games as planned would not “significantly alter” the spread of the virus.

The World Sailing global governing body has eased concerns over the sport’s venue for this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after carrying out a two-day visit to Guanabara Bay.

International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has criticised the “incredibly slow” progress for the development of the velodrome for the 2016 Olympics, while Brazilian investigators have expanded their probe into possible corruption around the staging of the summer Games in Rio de Janeiro to include all venues and services financed with federal funds.

Brazil’s new Sports Minister, Leonardo Picciani, has denied allegations of a potential conflict of interest after it emerged that his family owns a company that has been selling gravel to construction companies working on projects for the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games.

A metro line extension, one of the major infrastructure headaches for organisers of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, will open just four days before the Games and provide only a limited service, according to Rio de Janeiro State Transportation Secretary Rodrigo Vieira.

Jose Mariano Beltrame, state security secretary for Rio de Janeiro, has spoken of his concerns over cuts to the Brazilian city’s budget ahead of hosting this summer’s Olympic Games, stating that the decision is likely to have an impact on police levels during the multi-sport event.

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has maintained there is zero corruption in the city’s projects for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and has stated final preparations will not be impacted by a potential change in leadership in the Brazilian government.

The city council of Rio de Janeiro has formed a commission to investigate whether corruption affected infrastructure projects for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Rio’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics have attracted plenty of negative headlines. However, has the sports industry seen it all before? Kevin Roberts reports.

International sports federations have expressed concern over issues with venues for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, as Francesco Ricci Bitti was today (Tuesday) formally re-elected as president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).