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3.6 billion people are expected to watch 10,500 athletes from 205 countries compete.

Two-time Wimbledon champion chosen ahead of female boxer Nicola Adams for prestigious role.

Team GB cyclist declares that she would never cheat for the sport she loves.

The 24-year-old could miss Spurs' first two Premier League matches of the season.

Rio 2016 Olympics will kickstart on 5 August in Brazil.

Anthony Joshua is the current International Boxing Federation champion.

There are 15 events in the Brazil Games – here is a history of the event and its schedule.

Anti-narcotics chief says throngs of visitors headed to the Olympic Games might be boosting drug demand in Brazil.

The 23-year-old won a silver medal at the London Games in 2012.

South Africa versus Sweden in Rio will herald the start of the 2016 Games.

The 31-year-old is the latest in an increasingly-long list of players to pull out.

Some 500,000 people are expected to visit Rio de Janeiro over the next three weeks.

300,000 people are off to the Games in Brazil - the first South American country to be host.

Artists including Tracy Emin, David Shrigley and Sam Taylor-Johnson have created worked inspired by the games

Senior officials within the sport have alleged that there some of the referees and judges "will be corrupted".

Carlile coached the Australian swimming team post WWII in 1948 and participated in the Helsinki Olympics in 1952.

New Zealand's Adams won silver four years ago but was given gold after Nadzeya Ostapchuk's ban.

London 2012 silver medallist will compete in the road race after appealing one of three whereabouts failures.

Beach volleyball to take place on iconic Copacabana beach in Rio.

Fears Rio may not be ready in time as Olympic Games structure collapsed over the weekend.

The Olympics' ancient birthplace has been battered by economic misery since Athens hosted the games in 2004.

Much-awaited opening ceremony takes place on Friday 5 August.

Pokemon Go has not yet been launched in Brazil.

Great Britain are exopected to dominate the triathlon event in Rio this summer.

Australia Olympic team have had their shirts stolen, while a laptop of cycling coach is missing.

Djokovic has now won a record 30 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles.

85,000 troops and police will be on duty in Rio throughout the Olympic Games.

India is sending 119 athletes for the Rio Olympics, which is the maximum they have sent to any Olympic Games.

There are five tennis events in the Brazil Games - here is a history of the event and its 2016 schedule.

The 31-year-old is attempting to become the first athlete to win three gold medals over 10,000m.