Great Britain’s most decorated female Olympian Dame Katherine Grainger has spoken of her frustration regarding the current doping issues shrouding sport and has said she personally does not know any athletes who would not back calls for a "more effective way" of attempting to tackle the problem.

Executive Committee members of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) have been stripped of their voting power in elections in a draft constitution approved today at a consultative meeting today in Nairobi.

Los Angeles 1984 Organising Committee President Peter Ueberroth is due to receive a "Lifetime Achievement" honour at the LA Sports Awards, it has been announced.

Communications company Ooredoo has congratulated the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and their 38 athletes for their achievements at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

Another Olympic Games, another huge British medal haul – it really should no longer come as a surprise.

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes and Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman have each been awarded gold Olympic Orders in recognition of their work during the Games which closed here yesterday.

International Boxing Association (AIBA) executive director Karim Bouzidi has been reassigned to a "new role" within the organisation following the decision taken yesterday to drop an unspecified number of boxing judges from officiating at Rio 2016 after the huge criticism of decisions made in recent days.

The results of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission elections are due to be announced here tomorrow and could provide Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva with some consolation for being forced to miss Rio 2016.

“Shhhh...I’m watching the dressage!” How many times has that message, or something similar, been whispered in British households these past few days?

A basketball match began in front of an empty stadium following a bomb scare today as security problems continue at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Yelena Isinbayeva officially confirmed tonight that she will stand to become the new President of the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) and her main target will be to get the country's ban from international competition lifted as soon as possible. 

Sport at the moment is in a battle for its very identity. I was privy to two great pieces of drama yesterday which showed all that is good about victory and competition, only for they to be tempered today by more salutary moments.

South Korea's world champion Kim Woo-jin broke the first world record of this year's Olympic Games in the ranking round at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí ahead of medals action beginning tomorrow with the men's team event.