Throughout my time covering the Olympic Movement - about 15 years - we have tended to take a pretty dim view of the boycott-marred 1970s and 1980s.

Russia could lose nine medals won at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games after 14 athletes from the country reportedly tested positive following the re-analysis of samples.

Last week was a chance for the sports world to react and pause for breath following revelations of doping and corruption which, if proven, could still rip it apart.

A motion supporting the  fight against doping has been passed here by the European Olympic Committees (EOC).

It was terrific to be part of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Anti-Corruption Summit and have the opportunity to join the esteemed panel to talk about the scope and opportunity to address corruption issues in sport. 

A decision on whether or not Russia will be awarded the 2019 European Games will be guided by whatever decision the International Olympic Committee (IOC) take following claims that the country were involved in systematic doping at Sochi 2014.

Acting Brazilian President Michel Temer has reportedly provided a personal reassurace to International Olympic Committee (IOC) head Thomas Bach that Rio 2016 will be unaffected by political changes that have seen him replace the suspended Dilma Rousseff.

Up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from Rio 2016 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested doping samples from the 2008 Games in Beijing.

I was at Wembley yesterday to watch my local team, Forest Green Rovers, attempt to become the first village club to make it into one of the four divisions that constitute the English Football League. A club that, since being saved from administration by an environmentalist millionaire, have banned all meat products at their ground and use cow manure rather than chemicals to fertilise the pitch.

Got, got, need. If you are an avid collector of football sticker albums in Britain, you will be all too familiar with that sequence of words, currently doing the rounds once again with the recent release of Panini’s latest edition for this year’s European Championships.

Kenya is not at risk of being suspended from Rio 2016 despite having been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said today.

Russian doping chief turned whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov has offered to work alongside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in order to prove his sensational claims of systemic illegal drug use by home athletes during Sochi 2014.

Tokyo 2020 have denied allegations that a payment of €1.3 million (£1 million/$1.5 million) was made to the Black Tidings bank account in Singapore ahead of the city being awarded the Olympic Games back in 2013.

An alleged payment of €1.3 million (£1 million/$1.5 million) by the Tokyo 2020 bid team to the Black Tidings bank account in Singapore is among transfers being investigated by French prosecutors, it has been reported today.

Sebastian Coe has responded to a question about Qatar’s continuing ambition to host the Olympics by insisting that it is important for the Olympic movement to follow through on its support for the globalisation of sport.