In the next few weeks, you’ll be hearing a lot more about him, the European Olympics and Baku.

BRAZILIAN officials are insisting security won’t be a problem for the 2016 Olympics, despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of chaos just two weeks after it was picked to host the games.

Authorities in Rio de Janeiro defended the city’s ability to control violence ahead of the World Cup and Olympic Games after drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter, killing two officers.

BARACK OBAMA’S victory in the USA presidential election may have been seen as a huge boost for Chicago’s hopes of winning the bid for the 2016 Olympics, but rivals Rio de Janeiro hope the same mood for change will swing the contest their way.

Argentina are hoping to compete in the 2011 Tri-Nations, the country’s governing body confirmed today.

Pele today threw his weight behind Rio de Janeiro’s bid for the 2016 Games by calling on the International Olympic Committee to choose a South American city for the first time.

BRITAIN’S hopes of a gold medal in boxing suffered a knockout blow when their world lightweight champion, Frankie Gavin, failed to make the 60kg limit on the eve of the weigh-in.

Kenya-born Bernard Lagat won a fifth World Championship gold medal for Team USA in Osaka and then proclaimed: “I feel very special.”

IRELAND’S Andy Murray lost his bout at the World Boxing Championships in Thailand yesterday.