Portugal and Sweden take the last European slots in the Rio 2016 men's football
The teams tied 1-1 in the European Under-21 Championship and join Germany and Denmark in the Olympic line-up
Copacabana Beach to gain a rugby pitch
The pitch will be inaugurated on Wednesday with a friendly match and workshops marking the launch of World Rugby’s Impact Beyond initiative
President Dilma Rousseff helps launch Team Brazil’s mascot on Olympic Day
The Brazilian delegation waved off the President before leaving for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto
Rio de Janeiro celebrates Olympic Day
The host city for the next Olympic and Paralympic Games embraces the celebration of Olympic values
France’s female rugby sevens team guarantees a place at Rio 2016
The team qualified by winning the European Grand Prix Series in France at the weekend (21-21 June)
Great Britain, China and Germany secure women’s hockey places at Rio 2016
Top-placed teams from the first semi-final of women's Hockey World League join Republic of Korea in the line-up for Rio 2016
European Games seals the fate of another 15 Olympic shooting vacancies
Olympic shooting fills it 192nd vacancy; 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will decide a further 20
Rio 2016 mascots to become characters in new Cartoon Network series in Brazil
The children’s cartoon series will recount the adventures of the Games’ beloved characters in 32 episodes
Last chance to register for the 2016 Olympic Games Broadcast Training Programme
Places are filling up fast for this once-in-a-lifetime chance to help broadcast the biggest sporting event on the planet
Germany and the Netherlands are the first countries to secure table tennis slots at Rio 2016
Singles winners at Baku 2015, Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Netherlands’ Li Jiao, are the first table tennis players to qualify for Rio 2016
