Three laptops and items of clothing were stolen from the Australian apartments in the Olympic Village when the team was evacuated due to fire last week, it was revealed today. 

Thomas Bach today sought to shovel blame for the shambles over Russian participation at the Rio 2016 squarely onto the shoulders of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

London 2012 men’s doubles champions Bob and Mike Bryan have withdrawn from the Rio 2016 tennis tournament, with the American duo citing health reasons as being behind their decision.

USA Wheelchair Rugby (USAWR) have announced their 12-member team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games with four members of the London 2012 squad returning.

A verdict has been reached, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided.

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has announced the death of leading international referee Cor Van Beers.

Tegla Loroupe, Chef de Mission for the 10-strong Refugee Olympic Team that will make a historic first appearance at the Rio Olympics, wants to extend the training system that has produced the team’s five track athletes for another five years to offer other talented refugees the opportunity to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Games.

The 2016 Rio Games are already unique. No other Games in modern history has had its build-up vexed by such a bewildering mass of political frictions, economic shocks and doping controversies. But as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad shift into delivery mode with Friday’s Opening Ceremony, there is the guarantee of something beautiful being presented to the watching world.

Cambodia's Rio 2016 bound athletes have been bid farewell by the country's Prime Minister Hun Sen.

A main ramp allowing boats to access water at the Marina de Gloria sailing venue has collapsed today amid strong waves in the latest indication of poor construction work for the Olympic and Paralympic Games here. 

François Hollande, the French President, is expected to meet his International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach on the morning of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony here next Friday (August 5).

Telecommunications company Telstra have won their Federal Court appeal against the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) over an "I go to Rio" marketing campaign.

Russian swimmers Nikita Lobintsev and Vladimir Morozov today became the first athletes to register cases with the Court of Arbitration for Sport since it established an ad hoc Division for the Olympic Games here, it was announced.

More protests are expected to take place here ahead of the Opening Ceremony of Rio 2016 as demonstrators protest against the spending required to host the Olympic Games.