Irish boxer Michael O'Reilly has received a four-year ban for his failed drugs test on the eve of the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Brazilian authorities have been urged by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to dismantle temporary venues still standing 18 months after Rio 2016 finished in order to fulfill their legacy plans.

World Rugby has announced the appointment of Phil Wilkinson, who was previously the international media manager for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as its senior communications manager.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will continue with its new policy of providing a temporary office during the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang next month to deal with any doping-related matters arising during the Games.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has cleared South African Olympic medallist Henri Schoeman of a doping violation after reports emerged that he had failed a drugs test at Rio 2016.

Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles has became the latest American gymnast to allege she was sexually assaulted by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Shunichi Suzuki has visited Rio 2016 venues and facilities due to be used at this year's Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires as part of a visit to South America.

The impressive growth in income generated by the Olympic Movement from five major programmes ground to a halt in the 2013-16 Olympic cycle, though growth is set to resume in the Pyeongchang 2018/Tokyo 2020 quadrennium.

It has been hard going financially for many people these past five or six years, and the Olympic Movement has not been immune to the slowdown.

I found myself re-reading a somewhat over-ambitious article I wrote almost exactly two years ago looking ahead to some expected and hoped-for Olympic developments in 2016. A few, such as a strong Paris 2024 bid, were realised while most others occurred belatedly or not at all. This inspired an urge to compile a similar list on the first day of what should be a quieter year on the administrative front in 2018, but probably won’t be.

Paralympic gold medal-winning wheelchair racer Marieke Vervoort has revealed she is ready to die through euthanasia.

A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe is reportedly underway in the United States investigating corruption allegations surrounding the awarding of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Rio de Janeiro in 2009.

Olympic gold medallists Russia battled through to the quarter-finals of the Women's Handball World Championships as they beat South Korea in overtime in Germany.

Third time lucky, they say. Try telling that to squash. Three consecutive times this global sport has sought entry to the Olympic Games; three times it has been turned away.