Rio 2016 has officially unveiled the Athletes’ Village for this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games ahead of the first athlete arrivals next month.

Dear Lord Coe,

When it was announced that the Russian team will be banned from the upcoming Olympics last week, the common reaction here in Russia was denial mixed with anger. Many top athletes and officials continue to deny the scope of the problem and are angry that Russia is being singled out while similar issues exist in many places across the world.

A total of 19 quota places for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been allocated in principle by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board here today.

A set of guidelines for Russian athletes seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in international competitions, including this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, have been published today by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Tonga's Pita Taufatofua has claimed he never gave up on his dream of qualifying for the Olympics, even after injury ended his hopes for Beijing 2008 and London 2012. 

Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir has been named by the British Paralympic Association in their athletics team for Rio 2016.

Discovery Communications has signed its eighth Olympic broadcasting deal after they reached an agreement with the Hungarian Public Service Media to screen the event from Pyeongchang 2018 through to the 2024 edition of the Games - which could be in Budapest. 

Ireland's Graeme McDowell has become the latest golfer to announce he will not participate at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Kuwait have stepped up their protests over their Olympic exclusion by suing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for $1 billion (£670 million/€880 million), Information Minister Sheikh Salman al-Humoud Al-Sabah has announced.

Russian athletes and the  All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) will file appeals with Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne next week against the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to ban them from this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Bulgaria’s Stela Eneva has been stripped of her International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships F57 shot put gold medal and ruled out of Rio 2016 after she was given a four-year ban for doping.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has described the decision to provisionally ban his country’s weightlifters from international competition as "a psychotic episode" that is outside the legal framework.

The Mexican Boxing Federation (Femebox) has confirmed that its professional fighters will not participate at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

World Anti-Doping Agency President Sir Craig Reedie has backed the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) stance that any Russian athletes allowed to compete in this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should do so only under a neutral flag.

The weightlifting Federations of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia will be suspended for one year in the event that it is proven the countries produced three or more anti-doping rule violations in the combined re-analysis of samples from 2008 and 2012 Olympics in Beijing and London respectively, it has been confirmed here today.