Two unnamed Irish boxers reportedly face disciplinary action from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for betting on Olympic sports during Rio 2016.

Two members of Guinea’s Olympic team disappeared from the Rio 2016 Athletes’ Village and have not returned home, a senior sports official has said.

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski has auctioned off his Rio 2016 Olympic silver medal to raise funds for a three-year-old boy with a rare form of cancer. 

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) will appeal in the Swiss Federal Court on Monday (August 29) against the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to uphold a blanket ban on their athletes from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced the list of Olympic nominees for its post-Rio 2016 awards with gymnastics sensation Simone Biles among those in the running for the best female prize and swimming legend Michael Phelps in contention for the male equivalent.

Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross reached the semi-finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Long Beach Grand Slam after beating two fellow American pairings today.

Russia’s Vladimir Morozov began the 2016 International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup season in style by breaking the men’s 100 metres individual medley world record in Paris-Chartres.

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) has today appointed accountancy firm Grant Thornton to conduct an independent review of its handling of ticketing arrangements for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Rome’s Five Star Movement (M5S) is still against the Italian capital hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, according to its leader Paolo Ferrara.

USA Softball has announced its first-ever nutritional supplements partnership with Thorne Research.

The Rio 2016 Paralympic Torch has been lit by Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer at a ceremony held in the host nation’s capital Brasília.

Sidney Crosby has been named as Canada’s captain for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto as he looks to guide his nation to gold in the same way he did at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games and the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships.

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has said he would be open to the idea of Great Britain teams competing in the World Sevens Series.

Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false statement about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.