Boston 2024 claim a report into their failed bid to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games contained “several misrepresentations and errors” and that they were surprised it “failed to thoroughly and accurately account for important cost differences between Boston’s bid and other Olympic Games”.

London 2012 Olympic 1500 metres champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey has been stripped of her gold medal and handed an eight-year doping ban, it has been announced today.

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.

Four men’s and four women’s Olympic gold medallists will be in action this weekend when the first World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Grand Prix event of the season takes place in Moscow.

The first time I interviewed Anna Watkins, the London 2012 double sculls gold medallist who this week announced she was back in the sport after a three-year break and training for Rio 2016, she was still Anna Bebington, and she had only just graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge with a degree in natural sciences.

British charity Directory of Social Change (DSC) have blasted the Government for failing to repay money they claim is owed to charities and communities used to fund the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

And so we come back to that age-old debate.

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.

Switzerland Chef de Mission Ralph Stöckli has revealed the three categories of athletes who will form the country's delegation for next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) have announced the appointment of Anna Scott-Marshall as director of corporate relations ahead of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year.

Olympic silver medallist and three-times International Boxing Championships (AIBA) champion Ren Cancan booked her place in the semi-finals of the ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Continental Championships with a tense split decision win over Zhaina Shekerbekova of Uzebkistan in Wulanchabu, China.

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) have claimed they will need over KSh542 million (£3.5 million/$5.4 million/€4.9 million) to send their team to next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

British Sports Minister Tracey Crouch today launched a wide-ranging public consultation on sport in the United Kingdom amid growing concerns that the country is failing to live up to the legacy promise of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

England Rugby 2015 has today launched its multimedia travel demand campaign to help fans, residents and local businesses beat the crowds during this year’s Rugby World Cup.