International demand for Rio 2016 tickets is exceeding current levels on sale, the head of one of the major authorised ticket resellers has told insidethegames, although plenty of tickets remain in certain events.

with custom-made products also being developed for selective sports, likely to include equestrian, golf

Last March I came to Rio de Janeiro in what marked one of my first trips outside Europe with insidethegames. Never having been to Brazil before I was rather wowed by everything I saw, and particularly by the city’s glamour, colour and vibrancy. I was consequently rather less sceptical than perhaps I should have been about everything I was told, especially in relation to insistences they would still meet a bid-time legacy commitment to reducing water pollution levels across the city by 80 per cent.

insist ©Getty ImagesThe other which caught my eye was the 98 per cent figure for the much-maligned golf

A latest set of Rio 2016 commemorative coins have been unveiled as part of the celebrations marking one-year-to-go until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, while a special set of sporting stamps have also been released.

total of 20 stamps have also been released, meanwhle, representing football, boxing, canoeing, fencing, golf

Skateboarding and inline speed skating were the two disciplines put forward for inclusion at Tokyo 2020 today by the International Federation of Roller Sports (FIRS) during a crucial presentation, insidethegames can reveal. 

since their inception in 1981.FIRS, which failed with a bid for inclusion at Rio 2016, losing out to golf

Greater coverage must be given to human rights concerns around the world, a report designed to coincide with Rio 2016 One Year To Go celebrations has proclaimed.

infrastructure, as well as a ban on street vendors and the supposed ecological impact of the new Olympic golf

British Canoeing have announced Peter King has been appointed as the governing body’s interim chief executive, while they seek to make a full-time appointment in the coming months.

of interim chief executive of British Fencing and he has also worked with boxing, modern pentathlon, golf

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes has stoutly defended the philosophy of Rio 2016 here this morning at the start of a day of celebrations marking exactly one-year-to-go until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.

progress, claiming they will be finished later this year or in the first quarter of next and that the golf

Rio 2016's "Transforma" education programme, a key Olympic and Paralympic legacy of the Games, is being expanded around and beyond the host country following an online launch. 

youngsters to take up new sports and learn more about how to live a healthy lifestyle.As well as hockey and golf

World number one Inbee Park completed a career Grand Slam by producing a stunning final round to win the Women’s British Open at Turnberry in Scotland.

South Korea’s Jin Young Ko and Chinese Taipei’s Teresa Lu share the lead of the Women’s British Open ahead of the final day’s play at Turnberry in Scotland.

Matteo Renzi, Italian Prime Minister, is soon to appoint an Undersecretary for Sport.

Ryder Cup and the 2023 Rugby World Cup, among the most prestigious events in the new Olympic sports of golf

Norway’s Suzann Pettersen enjoys a two-shot lead at the end of the second day of competition Women’s British Open at Turnberry in Scotland.

“Today was a very solid round of golf,” she said.

“So this ranks pretty high as a good round of golf.”South Korea's Inbee Park was one of the favourites

The 2015 World Orienteering Championships are due to get underway today in the Highlands and Moray in Scotland, with nine titles set to be won across 10 days of competition before the event is due to close on August 8.

wonderful venue for international events - such as the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and the Scottish Open Golf

South Korea’s Hyo-Joo Kim holds a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Women’s British Open at Turnberry in Scotland.

To play links golf and in the wind, I think that was a good strategy.

America's Zach Johnson claimed the second major of his career, winning a four-hole play-off to triumph in The Open at St Andrews.