The Whitewater Stadium, which will play host to canoe slalom events at next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, has been officially unveiled by Mayor Eduardo Paes at a ceremony in the Brazilian city.

Rio 2016 have urged National Olympic Committees to seek "non-traditional" forms of accommodation during next year's Olympics and Paralympics, such as rented apartments through their partnership with Airbnb.

Rio 2016's budget for next year's Olympic Opening Ceremony will be just 10 per cent of that allocated ahead of the London 2012 Games, it has been revealed, as Brazil continues to struggle with economic and political problems.

Rio 2016 has released an update on the construction of venues for next year's Olympics, which claims that six sites are 90 per cent complete.

Swimming’s world governing body, FINA, has strongly criticised the organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympics, accusing them of showing “disrespect” for their requirements by providing substandard facilities and failing to act on warnings about the hazardous nature of the open water swimning venue at Copacabana beach and nearby open-air venues for diving, water polo and synchronised swimming.

The completed BMX course for Rio 2016 has been unveiled by the city's Government.

Brazilian politicians and businessmen charged with cleaning Rio's Guanabara Bay should be held to account for how they have used their resources, and should be blamed for problems rather than sporting authorities, the head of one of the world's most successful sailing teams has said.

Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman claims water in the Guanabara Bay sailing venue will be "totally clean" by the end of this year, although he stopped short of fully guaranteeing that not a single athlete will become ill during next year's Olympics and Paralympics. 

Rio 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and sailing authorities have been accused of "not caring about athletes" by a prominent blogger as another sailor has complained of falling ill after competing at last week's test event on the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay. 

Pollution worries have been to the fore once again during the Rio 2016 sailing test event on Guanabara Bay, with concerns over rubbish remaining on the course as well as a lack of water quality monitoring from the Rio authorities.

Concerns over pollution in Guanabara Bay have intensified after South Korean windsurfer Wonwoo Cho was taken to hospital during a Rio 2016 sailing test event. 

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".

International demand for Rio 2016 tickets is exceeding current levels on sale, the head of one of the major authorised ticket resellers has told insidethegames, although plenty of tickets remain in certain events.

A contract has been signed to allow the northern city of Manaus to stage six football matches during next summer's Olympic Games.

United States remain on target to finish top of the medals table at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, according to a latest projection published with a year to go, with Britain expected to win just 10 golds and Brazil predicted to sneak into the top 10 with nine.