Outgoing United States President Barack Obama has paid tribute to star gymnast Simone Biles and formidable swimmer Michael Phelps during his final press conference.

I don’t know why it is. It may be that I am weary, so very tired and weary of all the things I hear spoken or see written that I know are not true, that those who speak or write them also know are not true. But whatever the reason, I find myself thinking of the International Paralympic Committee press conference held in Rio de Janeiro a month before the Paralympic Games began there in which the organisation’s President, Sir Philip Craven, announced a blanket ban on Russian athletes.

Beatrice Vio has been chosen to attend the final state dinner hosted by Barack Obama at the White House today as the American President welcomes Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

United States President Barack Obama has described the decisions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as "similar to FIFA" and a "little bit cooked" while reflecting on Chicago's unsuccessful bid for the 2016 Games.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry has been confirmed as the head of country's Presidential delegation for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Friday (August 5), with Barack Obama opting to stay away from the event.

Los Angeles 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman has claimed Southern California’s hosting of a historic two-day summit between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is evidence of the area’s "important place on the world stage".

Part two of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Independent Commission report revealed a nepotistic cabal surrounding former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack, which, instead of taking on the parasitic culture of doping eating away at the sport, reacted by bribing and extorting their way to a personal fortune.

It stuck another dagger into the already-punctured heart of athletics but also the entire structure of global sports administration.

United States’ Vice-President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance during the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly here today and offered his implicit backing to Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Olympics.