Good luck to Sebastian Coe, a true friend - and passionate fan - of athletics as he goes toe-to-toe with another Olympic legend, ex-pole vault maestro Sergey Bubka, for the right to rule the turbulent world of track and field.

A group of 11 workers on the Ilha Pura residential complex for the 2016 Olympic Games, which will house athletes at the event in Rio de Janeiro, have been reportedly living in squalid conditions with a Brazilian prosecutor liking them to "slavery".

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) experienced a jump in central operating and administrative costs in President Thomas Bach’s first full year in office.

Claims that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) promised Russia they would go "soft" on them in an investigation into allegations of systematic drug taking in the country have been dismissed as "misleading" by Sir Craig Reedie, President of the organisation.

Voting to elect a new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) here on Wednesday (August 19) will be conducted via paper ballot following previous problems with the electronic system. 

The race for the Presidency of the International Federation of Athletics Associations (IAAF) could well be the most significant sporting contest this year. Sergey Bubka or Sebastian Coe will join a very exclusive roll of honour, for only five men have previously led world athletics in the 103-year history of the governing body. 

Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium is expected to be completed by March 2020, a year later than inititally planned, officials have revealed outlining how it will be "athlete-centred" and as affordable as possible.

It was all smiles in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month when International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach welcomed South Sudan as the newest members of the Olympic family.

A bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics from Toronto has moved a step closer after Mayor John Tory met with Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) President Marcel Aubut to discuss potentially entering the contest.

A veteran of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Salt Lake City crisis has been brought in to chair the new FIFA committee charged with drafting a package of reform proposals far-reaching enough to salvage the battered reputation of world football’s governing body.

A decision on choosing Los Angeles as the new United States candidate to host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics is close to being officially announced, insidethegames has been told. 

Transport company Yamato Holdings have been appointed as the latest Official Partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Last March I came to Rio de Janeiro in what marked one of my first trips outside Europe with insidethegames. Never having been to Brazil before I was rather wowed by everything I saw, and particularly by the city’s glamour, colour and vibrancy. I was consequently rather less sceptical than perhaps I should have been about everything I was told, especially in relation to insistences they would still meet a bid-time legacy commitment to reducing water pollution levels across the city by 80 per cent.

A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official has indicated that The Olympic Partner (TOP) worldwide sponsorship programme could conceivably generate $2 billion (£1.3 billion/€1.8 million) in the next Olympic cycle - a near doubling in value from the present quadrennium culminating after Rio 2016.

The participation of Major League Baseball (MLB) players formed part of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) bid for inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the sport’s President Riccardo Fraccari revealed today.