A five-pronged programme has been unveiled by Discovery Communications following their €1.3 billion (£965 million/$1.5 billion) deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to broadcast the next two Olympic cycles.

Doubts over the budget, controversy surrounding Germany's bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup and recent doping scandals contributed to Hamburg's citizens voting against the city bidding for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, it was claimed today by Thomas Bach.

The citizens of Hamburg have killed the city’s bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, voting 51.6 per cent against the €11.2 billion (£8.2 billion/$12.5 billion) project in a referendum.

There is “no special reason” why karate shouldn’t be chosen for inclusion at Tokyo 2020, World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinos claimed here today, though he remains wary of some of the challenges the sport faces in the lead up to next year’s decision at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Rio de Janeiro.

There is a vast untapped reservoir of talent in South Sudan that competing at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will help encourage, the country's Sports Minister predicted here today.

Mexico have been warned by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) autonomy tsar Patrick Hickey they could miss Rio 2016 because of Government interference.

More than BRL R$37.6 billion (£6.6 billion/$10 billion/€9.4 billion) worth of construction contracts for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics are being investigated as part of a long-running Brazilian police investigation into corruption at state-run oil firm Petrobras, an investigator has revealed.

New Delhi has been confirmed as the location for the replacement Rio 2016 Olympic qualifier for Asian shooters, following the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to withdraw their recognition of this month's continental championships in Kuwait City, as first reported on insidethegames earlier this week. 

Tetyana Shmyrko, a three-time winner of the Osaka International Ladies Marathon, has been suspended for four years by the Ukrainian Athletics Federation (UAF), it has been announced.

Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has received an early boost after several of its neighbours and other European countries publicly pledged their backing.

The controversial golf course for next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has been officially unveiled at a ceremony held in Barra da Tijuca.

Discus thrower Guo Jie, who was the world’s oldest surviving Olympian, has died at the age of 103, it has been announced.

The South African Hockey Association (SAHA) has vowed to find alternative routes for their men’s and women’s teams to compete at Rio 2016 after the South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) said they would not be able to participate due to not meeting their qualification criteria.

The Olympic Games are considered the pinnacle of any athlete’s career by many, but for some, an appearance on the grandest stage of them all barely tops their ever-growing list of priorities.