A special flagbearers jacket and official uniforms for the Opening Ceremony of Rio 2016 next week have been unveiled today by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) in conjunction with fashion giants Ralph Lauren.

Cliff Meidl, right ©Ralph Lauren/Twitter“The flagbearer jacket will literally light the way for Team USA

 "For an athlete, being chosen as the flagbearer for Team USA is an extraordinary honour, and we

Defending Paralympic champions Australia have named their 12-man squad for the Rio 2016 wheelchair rugby tournament.

months and we play them in our first game, Canada has been ranked number one in the past year, the USA

Even 80 years on, the Berlin Games of 1936 remain the most controversial and most talked about in the history of the modern Olympic movement. 

She had been expelled from the USA team for disciplinary reasons after drinking and gambling on board

However, she was later 'invited' back from the USA to compete.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have named a 555 member team for the Rio 2016 Olympics as they seek to top the medal table for the second successive Summer Games.

applaud a diverse and distinguished group of our nation’s greatest athletes, who will represent Team USA

United States Figure Skating has announced an increase in its membership.

The Basic Skills programme includes the Learn to Skate USA initiative, which was launched on June 1 this

year.It is has been endorsed by US Figure Skating, as well as USA Hockey, US Speedskating, the Special

Olympics and the Professional Skaters Association.There are currently 1,006 registered Learn to Skate USA

Omaha has been selected as the host for the United States Olympic curling trials ahead of Pyeongchang 2018.

the upcoming US Olympic Team Trials for curling to Nebraska for the first time," said Rick Patzke, USA

like when Omaha was selected to host its first of what has now been three straight Olympic Trials for USA

USA Taekwondo is offering fundraisers the chance to attend next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

Taekwondo.The funds will be used to develop athlete programmes at cadet and junior level to help USA

Taekwondo "strengthen the pipeline of Olympians in 2020 and beyond".As an honorary team captain, USA

Taekwondo will provide exclusive access to the Rio 2016 squad ©USA TaekwondoThose interested can apply

@usa-taekwondo.us.Taekwondo made its debut as a demonstration sport at the Seoul 1988 Games, but was

not officially added to the Olympic programme until Sydney 2000.Since then, USA Taekwondo has earned

“Yes I can!”

broadcasters, who covered London 2012, will show more hours, and many new channels, such as NBC in the USA

Continued withdrawals from the golf tournament at next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have dented cricket’s hopes of Olympic inclusion in the future, it has been claimed. 

be played in the Twenty20 format of the sport, claiming “if you really want to globalise the game - USA

Four-time Olympic medallist Summer Sanders has carried the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch through Brazilian city Curitiba today.

American, who won all four of her medals, including two golds, at Barcelona 1992, did so on behalf of Team USA

thrilled for the chance to participate in the Rio Olympic Torch Relay and to carry the spirit of Team USA

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Team USA athletes are sharing their excitement ahead of

WeLoveRio.On June 23, the USOC marked Olympic Day by launching a new highlight video featuring Team USA

Navy school and a local sports club .During the Olympic Games, the facilities will be used as Team USA

Darya Klishina will compete under the Russian flag at Rio 2016, not as a neutral athlete, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach claimed today.

I would like to point out that I didn't start training in the USA with an American coach a month before

Bobsleigh in Jamaica is set to take another major step forward with the launch of a new women's programme following the recruitment of Jazmine Fenlator, who competed for the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The 30-year-old from New Jersey piloted USA-3 at Sochi 2014 and was joined by Lolo Jones, the former

Los Angeles 2024 vice-chair Candace Cable has congratulated organisers of the second Angel City Games, the four-day adaptive sport event which attracted 225 athletes.

Games.Paralympic-style athletics competitions were held on the closing two days of the event, sanctioned by USA

Track and Field and Adaptive Sports USA, meaning results could qualify youth athletes for the National

More than 110 Olympians and Paralympians attended the latest two Town Hall meetings held by Los Angeles 2024.

“On behalf of LA 2024, we would like to thank USA Track and Field, USA Gymnastics and all of the Olympians

continue our Town Hall meetings and, equally importantly, we can’t wait to support all of the Team USA

USA Rugby have asked the American public to donate a total of $50,000 (£39,000/€45,000) to cover various

interested in helping the teams can donate to either the men’s or women’s side, with the money going to the USA

With only 28 days until the Opening Ceremony, our men's and women's Sevens teams need your support,” USA

“Donate to USA Rugby Trust today to help these incredible athletes realise their Olympic dreams and represent

booked their historic place at Rio 2016 by winning their respective continental tournaments in 2015.USA

appointed as the replacement for former England international Nigel Melville as chief executive of USA