Hosts Brazil will open their bid for a first Olympic men's football title against South Africa after Thursday's draw was made in the Maracana Stadium.... more »
Qatar failed to qualify for their first Olympics since 1992 after losing 2-1 to Iraq in Doha on Friday in a sudden death AFC Under-23 football match to decide which team would go to Rio.... more »
Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah, one of the most powerful figures in football and the Olympics, vowed Friday to fight a six-month jail term imposed in Kuwait for insulting the judiciary.... more »
Honduras punched their ticket to the 2016 Olympic football tournament on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over the United States in the semi-finals of the regional qualifying tournament.... more »
Nigeria demonstrated what a good away team they are by forcing a 0-0 draw in Congo Brazzaville at the weekend to win a 2016 Olympic Games football qualifier.... more »
Ghana joined Cameroon on the 2016 Olympic Games qualifying scrapheap at the weekend after a second-round penalty shootout defeat in Congo Brazzaville.... more »
Congo Brazzaville coach Claude le Roy accused Ghana of fielding over-age footballers this weekend in a 1-0 Rio Olympic Games qualifying victory.... more »
Highly successful Africa Cup of Nations coach Claude le Roy adjusts his sights Saturday toward the 2016 Rio Olympic Games football qualifiers.... more »
Brazil coach Dunga will be in charge of his country's team at the Rio Olympics next year, the Brazilian Football Confederation said Saturday.... more »
England's Football Association confirmed on Tuesday that plans to enter British men's and women's football teams at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been abandoned.... more »
North American teams will compete for two berths in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in a qualifying tournament in the United States next October, US Soccer announced Thursday.... more »
Andreas Herzog, an assistant to US national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann and his former teammate at Bayern Munich, was named Friday as coach of the American under-23 team.... more »
Punts on the World Cup rather than on financial instruments will kick into high gear over the next month as bleary-eyed traders in football-mad Asia tune into the tournament in Brazil, a dozen time zones away.... more »
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and US broadcaster NBC-Universal announced Wednesday they have reached an American television rights deal worth $7.65 billion that runs from 2021 through the 2032 Olympics.... more »
Rio Olympic Games organizers Tuesday countered criticism of slow preparations with an assurance they would deliver the 2016 event on time and on budget.... more »
Sudan has been picked to host East and Central Africa's first ever pre-Olympic football qualifying competition this year in a bid to enhance its chances of reaching the 2016 games.... more »
Dave Brailsford, the man behind British Cycling's Olympic success, is leaving the national set-up to concentrate solely on his role as principal of the Sky team, it was announced Friday.... more »
