By Gary AndersonThe Rwanda National Olympic Committee (RNOC) has named a squad of 39 athletes for the upcoming African Youth Games in Botswana.

take part in cycling events, with Ange Nisingizwe and Aaron Taylor Koonce competing in fencing and golf

By Nick ButlerRio 2016 have hit back at critics who claim venues will remain incomplete when the Olympic and Paralympic Games begin in a little over two years' time, by insisting 38 per cent of venues are already completed and there is progress with all the others. 

Halls 1, 2 and 3, where basketball, judo, wrestling, fencing and taekwondo will take place.The nearby golf

Earlier this week, International Golf Federation vice-president Ty Votaw expressed fears over the likelihood

of a Rio 2016 Olympics golf test event being able to take place in one years' time, despite the progress.The

By Gary AndersonAmerican golf equipment manufacturer Titleist has extended its long-standing partnership

Titleist is one of the strongest brands in golf and we are delighted to extend the partnership until

The firm claims 20,995 players across worldwide professional tours used Titleist golf balls in 2013,

last year with his win at the DP World Tour Championship, played on the Earth Course at the Jumeriah Golf

balls also includes the NXT Tour, NXT Tour S, DT SoLo and Velocity.It also manufacturers a range of golf

connect with our target audience of serious golfers and reinforce our position as the most trusted golf

By Nick ButlerSporting officials in Thailand have insisted that, despite the cancellation of a beach volleyball World Tour event last week, other events including the Asian Beach Games later this year will be unaffected by political unrest currently gripping the country.

likely to be cancelled because an alternative date is difficult to fit into the regional schedule of golf

By Gary AndersonRoyal and Ancient Golf Club members could be allowed to use postal voting to decide on

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club based at St Andrews in Scotland has around 2,400 members worldwide and

taken at the business meeting of those present," Dawson, who is also President of the International Golf

The Royal and Ancient at St Andrews could be set to follow the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia

wrote to all members in March urging them "now is the time to ask members of the Royal and Ancient Golf

golf club drops men-only rule to welcome top politician Rice as female member

association with the Games, we then saw more criticism by figures from the two newest sports of rugby and golf

By Paul OsborneTy Votaw, vice-president of the International Golf Federation (IGF), has highlighted his

organisation's doubts over the likelihood of a Rio 2016 Olympics golf test event one year out from the

several areas.Under his watchful eye, Rio 2016 has significantly increased development work at the golf

and how much further within that year out we go all depends on our grassing schedule and how much the golf

event because so far behind in preparationsJune 2013: Bird's-eye view pictures of Rio 2016 Olympic golf

course releasedApril 2013: Construction of Rio 2016 golf course finally gets green lightApril 2013: 

golf course will "change the sport in Brazil" claim venue managers

By Gary AndersonNew Zealand golfer Lydia Ko will receive no funding to support her campaign to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games it has been announced, after a row erupted over the use of state funds to help the teenage star.

New Zealand Golf had applied for NZD $208,000 (£106,000/$179,000/€129,000) of funding from High Performance

to elite athletes, to support Ko's efforts to qualify for the Games.However, both Ko and New Zealand Golf

longer needs the assistance as the 17-year-old, who is currently ranked number two on the women's world golf

is a fantastic ambassador for New Zealand on the world stage," said chief executive of New Zealand Golf

Our focus at New Zealand Golf is, and always has been, developing and supporting golfers who have the

By Gary AndersonAn International University Sports Federation (FISU) delegation has completed a 12-day visit to 2017 Summer Universiade hosts Taipei during which officials visited competition venues and discussed progress and preparation with local organisers. 

tennis, volleyball, basketball, football, judo, table tennis, taekwondo, baseball, archery, badminton, golf

By Gary AndersonEngland Golf has announced Marian Rae has accepted the nomination to become President-elect

Rae, who was born in Scotland, has been a prominent figure in English women's golf for a number of years

, taking up the game in her early 30s, and has been a member of Lindrick Golf Club in Yorkshire since

will coincide with the 90th birthday of the Queen, who is a patron of England Golf, while 2016 will

of the Yorkshire Ladies' Golf Association, serving on the executive and as county captain during its

in 2004, which later became the English Women's Golf Association (EWGA).She was chairman of the EWGA

By Gary AndersonTrump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, owned by American business tycoon

Trump Organisation will also see the 2017 Senior USPGA Championship staged at another Trump National Golf

men's major Championships confirmed to take place at one of Trump's courses since he began investing in golf

15 years ago with his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida."

is also a television celebrity in the United States, confirmed last week he had purchased Turnberry Golf

Course in Aberdeen, bringing the number of golf resorts around the world owned by him to 17.Turnberry

By Gary AndersonApril 30 - International Golf Federation (IGF) President Peter Dawson has received a

special Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 HSBC Golf Business Forum in Abu Dhabi.

award by Italian golfer Matteo Manassero, who won the European Tour's PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf

amateur at the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry.The presentation was made at the Westin Abu Dhabi Golf

the role in a move that will also see him leave his position as secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf

in changing the R&A's structure, which saw it separate from the private member Royal and Ancient Golf

Images "It's a thrill to receive this in front of so many people who are involved in the business of golf

29 - The European Tour has extended its partnership with communications firm Grayling and specialist golf

Grayling and Landmark Media will manage the European Tour's global reputation, promote its tournaments to golf

We expect that contribution to aid our push to engage golf fans while increasing the commercial impact

set to support the Tour's drive to develop a strong and sustainable global footprint in professional golf

Dubai Government as the DP World Tour Championship gets underwayAugust 2013: Prague rejoins European Golf

Tour after 17 year absenceMay 2013: Denmark to have golf tournament on European Tour from 2014 to 2016

By Zjan ShirinianApril 29 - The British Olympic Association's (BOA) director of sport services has been appointed Team GB's Chef de Mission for the Baku 2015 European Games and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2014: Team GB chooses team leader as golf

two in the women's world rankings after victory in yesterday's Swinging Skirts Ladies Professional Golf

become the youngest ever winner of an LPGA Tour event at the age of 15.Ko's victory at Lake Merced Golf

Ko was born in Seoul, South Korea, but moved to Auckland when she was a toddler.Her exploits on the golf

in New Zealand and she is being widely tipped as one of the gold medal favourites at Rio 2016, when golf

Lydia Ko meets our criteria and we'll continue to work with New Zealand Golf to increase her chances

But  Dean Murphy, chief executive of New Zealand Golf, appeared to suggest that her continued success