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Delegations must pay for mosquito screens at Rio 2016 as Zika case is confirmed near Olympic Park

  • Rio 2016

National Olympic Committees worried about the Zika virus at the Rio Games in August will have to pay for mosquito screens, it has been reported.

excess of $100 (£72/€91).All rooms in the Olympic Village will also be air conditioned, while the cooler climate

goalkeeper Hope Solo, a double Olympic gold medallist, who said she would not travel in the present climate



Exclusive: Human Rights Watch condemn FIVB beach volleyball event in Iran as "dismal failure" and claim it put women in danger

  • Volleyball

Iran's first-ever International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour beach event concluded with a Qatari victory on Kish Island today but the tournament has been slammed as a "dismal failure" by human rights groups due to restrictions on female spectators.

, because of the added profile and opportunities brought by an Olympic year, as well as the current climate






Parasport Foundation celebrates 10th anniversary in Moscow

  • Paralympics

The Parasport Foundation has marked 10 years of supporting the worldwide development of the Paralympic Movement with a celebration in Moscow.

provide funding for Paralympic teams, to assist with the organisation of events and to stimulate a climate




English FA chairman Dyke to leave post in June after three years

  • Football

Greg Dyke has confirmed he will not seek re-election as chairman of the English Football Association (FA) when his current term ends in June.

Organisation, and the lead non-executive director of the British Government's Department of Energy & Climate




David Owen: Infantino’s manifesto and why he must convince FIFA voters he would not simply be UEFA’s man in Zurich

  • Inside the Blogs

The FIFA Presidential election hotted up a tad over recent days, with a contretemps in Kigali involving the two Asian candidates, Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa and Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, and publication of UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino’s manifesto.

a trifle disconcerting; there are few things we require more of our sports leaders in the current climate


Nick Butler: From retested doping samples to women at Iranian volleyball - some aims for the Olympic Movement in 2016

  • Inside the Blogs

Last year proved a difficult one for the Olympic Movement, with the challenge of sustaining interest in bidding for major events hardly helped by scandals in FIFA and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which together form the biggest threat to the running of global sport in generations.

He may have changed for the better since his return, but in the current climate it does not seem appropriate

over security, water pollution, corruption in the financing of venues and a political and economic climate