Movement, innovation and Brazilian flavour – the Rio 2016 Olympic torch is revealed
About 12,000 torchbearers will run through 300 cities, passing the flame on in a ‘kiss of torches’
Australia, Belgium and Great Britain qualify for Rio 2016 men’s hockey tournament
With India reaching semi-finals of World League event in Belgium, the other three sides are confirmed for Olympic Games
Olympic torch relay: a journey through history
With the Rio 2016 Olympic torch about to the unveiled, rio2016.com looks at the history of this great tradition
Rio 2016 torch relay to write new chapter in Olympic history
Continuing a tradition from the eighth century BC, the Rio 2016 torch and relay route will be revealed on Friday
Argentina qualify for Rio 2016 women’s hockey tournament – without hitting a ball
Republic of Korea’s win over Belgium in World League means South Americans are confirmed for Olympic Games
University Hospital provides volunteer health professionals for Rio 2016 Games
More than 150 professionals have already signed up, and Brazil’s Ministry of Health aims to contribute to the prevention of STIs during the Games
Only one space left in Rio 2016’s Paralympic football 7-a-side competition
After the World Championships, seven of the eight teams in the football 7-a-side line-up have already been decided
Second phase of Rio 2016 Olympic Games ticket sales opens on Wednesday
Only Brazilians and foreigners resident in Brazil will be eligible to take part; those who do not live in the country can purchase tickets through authorised dealers in their countries
Serbia wins European women's basketball championship and heads to Rio 2016
Finishing in 6th place, the Russian team is out of the Olympics for the first time since the Eastern Bloc boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Games
Serbia wins the World League and a place in the 2016 Olympic men's water polo
Victory against Croatia in the final leads Serbia to its ninth World League gold medal; Brazil beats the USA to take 3rd
