The relay will traverse Greece for six days until the April 27 handover to Brazilian officials in Athens.

Wladimir Klitschko has refused to rule out the possibility of returning to compete in the Olympic Games.

The IRFU have been selected to host the World Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage tournament, where 16 teams will compete for the final remaining place in Rio.

TV3 could bid against RTÉ for Irish TV rights to the Olympic Games if, as expected, free-to-air rights are sub-licensed to an Irish broadcaster.

The 2016 Olympic Games have forced the PGA Tour to make one-off changes in their schedule for the 2015-16 season.

RTÉ has yet to decide if it will broadcast the 2020 and 2024 Olympics after US-based media giant Discovery Communications secured the European broadcast rights for four Olympics through 2024 in a landmark deal worth €1.3bn.

Olympic medallist’s Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlon have booked their place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Maiquetia, the city in Venezuela where Paddy Barnes will tonight look to seal his place in next year’s Olympic Games, last made the news in 1999 when mudslides devastated the region and caused tens of thousands of casualties.