Gary Meenaghan

As Olympians in Rio are cheered for their achievements, a group of young footballers from Jerusalem is in town to play and break down the barriers between Arab and Jew as part of a programme backed by Brazilian football.

Gary Meenaghan writes from Rio that rugby proved a hit at the 2016 Olympics, a far cry from the ignominy with which it exited the Olympic Games 92 years ago.

The 13-strong UAE delegation is sleeping in the same Athlete’s Village tower block as Jamaican sprinter and world record holder Usain Bolt, has shared a dinner table with tennis star Rafael Nadal and trained in the same pool as Michael Phelps.

Nada Al Bedwawi says he is 'already imagining what it will be like' when she carries the UAE flag into the opening ceremonies for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The Olympics host city, Rio de Janeiro, is mired in challenges. With just over a week to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games, we get ready for a bumpy ride with a preview of the state of play.

The rise of Leicester City FC offers sports fans hope in cynical times, while Brazil struggles to cast off its demons ahead of the Rio Olympics. We examine a tale of two cities.

Sport rarely gets the governance it warrants – the unravelling of Fifa and Russia’s national Olympic Committee this year only strengthens such perceptions.

Gary Meenaghan explores what became of the players from finalists Spain and Brazil at the 2003 Fifa World Youth Championships hosted in the UAE.

As part of the boxing segment in our Memory Lane series, Gary Meenaghan looks back to the UAE's first ever major fight when Chris Eubank fought Camilo Alarcon in 1997.