Energy company Electric Ireland will sponsor the Irish team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) President Patrick Hickey has announced.

Katie Taylor, two-times boxing bronze medallist Paddy Barnes, hurdles athlete Thomas Barr, modern pentathlon

International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) technical committee member Pedro Petrushinski has led

reason for staging the event was to provide athletes with training regarding the rules of Modern Pentathlon

having competed in a "Biathle" event, featuring a run-swim-run.The show jumping discipline of modern pentathlon

World Cup from 2017September 2015: Pentathlon GB announce departure of chief executive Nigel Laughton

at African ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Olympic gold medallist Asadauskaite comes out on top at Modern Pentathlon

European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Ireland's Lanigan-O’Keeffe earns men's title at Modern Pentathlon

Brazil secured the first two gold medals of the 2015 International Military Sports Council (CISM) World Games after triumphing in the men’s and women’s judo team events in Mungyeong, South Korea.

The second day of the Games will see medals claimed in aeronautical pentathlon, athletics and fencing

A next step in modern pentathlon's pursuit of a place on the Paralympic programme has taken place with a landmark exhibition event in Buenos Aires, consisting of the three disciplines of fencing, shooting and cross-country running.

kind and organised by the Argentine Paralympic Committee in conjunction with the International Modern Pentathlon

Union (UIPM) and the Argentinian Modern Pentathlon Federation.Taking place during the Youth World Championships

Triathlete Juan Manuel Geny was among those to participate in the exhibition event ©Getty ImagesModern Pentathlon

We want to develop Para-modern pentathlon throughout the whole world," said the international governing

The UIPM aims to make modern pentathlon accessible to everyone, regardless of gender, age or skin colour

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Prince Albert II of Monaco will officially open the World Olympians Forum (WOF) in Moscow next month, it has been announced.

and working seminars.Joël Bouzou, the WOA President who won Olympic bronze for France in the modern pentathlon

annual Los Angeles County Fair, has signed a four-year deal to host the United States leg of the Modern Pentathlon

It follows the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) awarding a leg to the US, with the choice

of Fairplex made by the USA Modern Pentathlon Board of Directors.The successful joint-bid was launched

“Being awarded the bid for the modern pentathlon is a boon for Fairplex and all of Los Angeles County

question will give this global competition the world-class spotlight it deserves,” said USA Modern Pentathlon

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Pentathlon GB have announced the departure of their chief executive Nigel Laughton less than a year

The news follows Britain’s successful staging of the 2015 Modern Pentathlon European Championships,

at the World Championships.Despite this achievement, Laughton has now left the governing body, with Pentathlon

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will head the guest-list at the inaugural World Olympians Forum (WOF) due to be held in Moscow next month.

event" ©Getty ImagesJoël Bouzou, the WOA President who won Olympic bronze for France in the modern pentathlon

to secure a spot at next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as they both won gold at the Modern Pentathlon

Rio 2016 berth and added to the 16 Olympic qualification places that were handed out at the Modern Pentathlon

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title and Rio 2016 spotJuly 2015: Storie sets swimming world record but misses out on Modern Pentathlon

World Championships finalJune 2015: China defend women's relay title at Modern Pentathlon World Championships

Asadauskaite produced a fine performance in the combined event to claim women's gold at the Modern Pentathlon

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ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Alekszejev and Schoneborn seal spots in women's final at Modern Pentathlon

ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hungarian and Lithuanian athletes top qualification for men's final at Modern Pentathlon

ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Consistent Schoneborn and Schleu claim women's relay gold for Germany at Modern Pentathlon

European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Italy triumph in mixed relay on opening day of 2015 Modern Pentathlon

Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe produced a superb performance to earn gold in the men’s event of the Modern Pentathlon

the notable names in the field, who had been left trailing behind him, such as International Modern Pentathlon

points.Related storiesAugust 2015: Alekszejev and Schoneborn seal spots in women's final at Modern Pentathlon

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ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Consistent Schoneborn and Schleu claim women's relay gold for Germany at Modern Pentathlon

European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Italy triumph in mixed relay on opening day of 2015 Modern Pentathlon

Tamara Alekszejev and Germany’s Lena Schoneborn boasted the best scores in qualifying at the Modern Pentathlon

qualification event.Kate French and Freyja Prentice are among the four Britons to have advanced to the final ©Pentathlon

storiesAugust 2015: Hungarian and Lithuanian athletes top qualification for men's final at Modern Pentathlon

ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Consistent Schoneborn and Schleu claim women's relay gold for Germany at Modern Pentathlon

European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Italy triumph in mixed relay on opening day of 2015 Modern Pentathlon

Adam Marosi and Lithuania’s Justinas Kinderis secured their place in the men’s final at the Modern Pentathlon

Great Britain's Jamie Cooke finished second in Group B ©Pentathlon GBThe day started with Group A fencing

storiesAugust 2015: Consistent Schoneborn and Schleu claim women's relay gold for Germany at Modern Pentathlon

European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Italy triumph in mixed relay on opening day of 2015 Modern Pentathlon

Consistency proved key for Germany's Lena Schoneborn and Annika Schleu on the second day of the Modern Pentathlon

Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy and Yuriy Fedechko overtook Russia in the combined event to take gold at the Modern Pentathlon

total of 1,459.Related storiesAugust 2015: Italy triumph in mixed relay on opening day of 2015 Modern Pentathlon

Italy’s Camilla Lontano and Valerio Grasselli combined to win the first gold medal of the 2015 Modern Pentathlon

Home favourites Kate French and Joe Evans were only able to secure a fifth place finish ©GB Pentathlon

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