Brazil

Marco Polo Del Nero, one of several individuals being investigated by football’s global governing body Fifa over allegations of corruption, has returned to his position as head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

A new esports international gaming event backed by the UK government will make its debut in Rio during the Brazilian city’s summer 2016 Olympic Games.

World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset writes exclusively for SportBusiness International about the future of rugby union as he prepares to step down from the helm of the governing body.

The operational upheaval surrounding the 2016 Olympics has continued with the resignation of the commander of a Brazilian security force involved in preparations for the upcoming summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has confirmed that Ricardo Leyser has taken over from George Hilton as the country’s Sports Minister on an interim basis.

A federal court in Brazil has blocked funding for construction work at the Deodoro complex where 11 sports are set to be held at the 2016 Olympic Games, amid suspicion of corruption.

The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has cancelled the only scheduled test event for track cycling but has stressed that the velodrome will be ready in time.

George Hilton has been forced to step down from his position as Brazil’s Sports Minister, according to the country’s Presidential Chief of Staff, Jacques Wagner.

The World Boxing Council (WBC) has upped the ante in its battle with the International Boxing Association (Aiba) over the world governing body’s plans to revamp the sport’s Olympic status by stating it will expel any of its leading boxers who decide to participate.

The Brazilian government has voted to pass new anti-doping legislation in a move that brings the country in line with guidelines set out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) ahead of this year’s Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it is retesting hundreds of doping samples from the 2008 Olympics in a bid to identify any potential drug cheats before they can compete in this year’s summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rio 2016 has said it will embark on a drive to boost domestic ticket sales for the Olympic Games, as the local organising committee today (Wednesday) presented its latest update on preparations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Ahead of the Rio Olympics, Alex Miller looks at suggestions that major brands are scaling back their hospitality plans for the Games following poor experiences at the Fifa World Cup and Confederations Cup in the country.

World Boxing Council (WBC) president Mauricio Sulaiman has hit out at the International Boxing Association’s (Aiba) plan to allow elite professional boxers to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and stated that he is “deeply concerned” by the proposal.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has called on Rio 2016 to focus on engaging the Brazilian public ahead of this summer’s Paralympic Games.

International Boxing Association (Aiba) president Ching-Kuo Wu has said the governing body is seeking to push through plans that would allow elite professional boxers to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.