A public protest against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has caused a change to the Rio 2016 cycling test event on Sunday (August 16), with the finish line moved away from Copacabana Beach.

“Cutting edge” technology has enabled the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to identify adverse findings from 28 athletes after the re-testing of stored urine samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships in Helsinki and Osaka respectively. 

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.

Switzerland has become the latest country to publicly declare it will vote for Sebastian Coe to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 

China were the dominant country on the fourth day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Gabala as Mai Jiajie claimed gold in the men’s 50 metres pistol event before compatriot Cao Lijia reigned supreme in the women’s 25 metres pistol competition.

London 2012 Olympic hockey bronze medallist Kate Richardson-Walsh admitted it was a “huge relief” for her side to qualify for next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as she prepares to lead her England team into the Unibet EuroHockey Championships, due to begin here on August 21.

Three years after her last competitive international race - in which she won the London 2012 women’s double sculls title with Katherine Grainger - Britain's Anna Watkins has announced that she is back in training and aiming for the Rio 2016 Games.

Germany’s Olympic discus champion Robert Harting, who led a group of athletes posting a YouTube message saying the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had “betrayed” them by failing to combat doping in the sport, has been invited by the sport’s world governing body to visit their headquarters in Monte Carlo and see for himself the work they are doing.

Speedo have been announced as the exclusive swimwear and swim equipment supplier to the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup series until 2019.

Bulgaria’s Linda Zetchiri secured her spot in the second round of the women’s singles competition at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships with an emotional win over Germany’s Karin Schnaase on the opening day of the event in Jakarta.

Swimming finals here at next year's Olympic Games will start at 10pm and finish after midnight, it has been confirmed, with preliminary sessions not due to begin until 1pm in order to compensate.

Iranian Elaheh Ahmadi claimed her maiden International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup title in Gabala, Azerbaijan, clinching gold in the women’s 10 metres air pistol event to secure a Rio 2016 Olympic Games quota spot for her country. 

The Netherlands’ Roy Korving continued his run at the EUBC European Confederation Continental Championships in Samokov, enjoying another impressive victory in the men’s under 91 kilogram heavyweight competition.

China’s Li Qian avenged her defeat in the middleweight final of last year's Asian Games in Incheon by claiming victory over Jang Un Hui of North Korea to reach the last four of the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Continental Championships in Wulanchabu, China.

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has become the latest organisation to hit out at the recent doping allegations to plague the sport, claiming “immense damage” has been caused to their athletes and that they are “disturbed” a lot of them are aimed at Kenyan athletes.