Never underestimate the capacity of an organisation to say one thing and do another.

between London 2012 and Rio 2016, when change was essentially frozen, the addition of rugby sevens and golf

A new committee has been set-up by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to investigate the threat of private companies organising major events poses to sport's sovereignty.

with the organsiers of the European Championships, an event featuring aquatics, athletics, cycling, golf

A total of 29 student leaders from colleges and universities from across America have been selected to take part in the 23rd annual United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere (FLAME) programme.

bobsleigh medallist Elana Meyers Taylor is due to speak at the FLAME event ©Getty ImagesAn exhibition of golf

This weekend found me struggling to resurrect my cricket skills in a stunningly verdant corner of Leicestershire barely six miles from the now internationally famous King Power Stadium.

(I can’t make up my mind about golf, which combines the natural surroundings – nowhere more so than

Commissioner Gary Bettman claims there is little chance of the National Hockey League (NHL) "paying for the privilege of disrupting its season" and covering the costs required for its players to attend Pyeongchang 2018.

Other powerful leagues in sports such as tennis or golf could also act similarly, it is feared.In total

A controversial contract proposal to restrict how sports on the inaugural European Championships programme are able to participate at other multi-sport events has been "superseded", insidethegames has been told after more criticism from rival bodies.

scheduled for the German capital at the 2018 European Championships, while aquatics, cycling, golf

Letters continue to be exchanged between the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and stakeholders in the inaugural 2018 European Championships as a row intensifies over sporting participation at multi-sport events.

Athletics is scheduled for the German capital at the European Championships, while aquatics, cycling, golf

EOC.insidethegames has been told that the contract clause applies only to the five sports of cycling, gymnastics, golf

German company ASB, the world's biggest squash court manufacturer, has marked its 50th anniversary by producing a picture book outlining its history. 

technicality" - Ramachandran claims - and four years later it narrowly lost out to rugby sevens and golf

Confidence has been expressed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that a solution will be found guaranteeing the participation of National Hockey League (NHL) players at Pyeongchang 2018.

inclusion at August's IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro.Other powerful leagues in sports such as tennis or golf

World number three Rory McIlroy has hinted he may turn down the chance to represent Ireland at this year’s Olympic Games due to heightened concerns over the Zika virus.

in the sport to have expressed doubts about the effects of the Zika virus ahead of the Games, where golf

There should be at least one “bat and ball” sport on the Olympic programme, World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has claimed as he calls for his sports to return at Tokyo 2020.

Olympics.It is thought they are fearful of the MLB and powerful bodies in other sports such as tennis and golf

Muirfield will not be considered as a host of future British Open golf tournaments, the Royal and Ancient

it's damaging to Muirfield as a club - I want to see the Open played at Muirfield, it's a fantastic golf

tournament from July 14 until 17, is the only other club on the rotation to still exclude women.Royal Troon Golf

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St.

Andrews, the spiritual "Home of Golf," opened its membership to women in 2014 for the first time in 260

National Hockey League (NHL) players will not appear in the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang if an agreement is not reached by January of next year.

professional bodies in other sports will seek similar financial support, including  tennis, basketball, golf

Organisers of the inaugural European Championships in 2018 claim they are reviewing any contractual details deemed non-compliant with sporting and political laws after the European Olympic Committees (EOC) stepped-up their criticism of plans to restrict the presence of participating Federations in other continental multisports events.

Athletics is scheduled for the German capital at the European Championships, while aquatics, cycling, golf

, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon action would all take place in the Scottish city.Neither golf nor

Golf may be axed from the Olympic Games after Tokyo 2020 if the lack of enthusiasm surrounding the sport

the Zika virus as his reasons.Former world number one Scott was one of the leading critics about golf

falling ill in Rio.Australian Marc Leishman became the latest player to withdraw from the Rio 2016 golf

golfers not to play in Rio but again stressed he is looking forward to competing in the first Olympic golf