Innovation, fine-tuning and medals galore at Rio 2016 table tennis test event
International Federation and players praise event as Olympic Games organisers learn important lessons for next year
After nearly 112 years of waiting… golf has a new Olympic course
Rio 2016 venue will challenge the world’s best players at first Olympic golf tournament since the St Louis 1904 Games
In homage to Brazilian flag, hockey pitches for Rio 2016 Olympic Games are unveiled
Venue in Deodoro Olympic Park, which is 98 per cent complete, will host test event next week and remain as legacy post-Games
How Olympic archer Khatuna Lorig taught Jennifer Lawrence to hit the bull’s eye in ‘The Hunger Games’
Five-time Olympian reveals what it was like to work with megastar actress and talks about her latest target: to compete at Rio 2016
Table tennis’s million-dollar question: how do you beat the Chinese?
British no.1 Paul Drinkhall says Rio 2016 Olympic Games could be a turning point, but Brazilian contingent is more cautious
On top of the world, Brazil’s new tennis idol Marcelo Melo targets Olympic gold in Rio
‘It’s the competition everyone wants to win,’ says the man who toppled the USA’s mighty Bryan brothers
Canoe slalom, Future Arena and golf course... three more Rio 2016 venues ready
City government’s monthly update on construction progress shows that work at Barra Olympic Park is 94 per cent complete
Anyone for table tennis? Commuters take on Olympians at Rio’s main railway station
Members of public who managed to return two of five serves from professional players won tickets to Rio 2016 test event
Odd man out Paul Drinkhall already at home in Rio for table tennis test event
British no.1, the only non-South American in the tournament, says he is here to win and to experience Olympic host city
Australia add another heavyweight name to list of teams qualified for rugby at Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Meanwhile, Rwanda’s women volleyball players win a historic place in the Paralympic Games, another sport completes its line-up and more canoeists paddle to qualification
