Germany and the United States are the latest countries to warn their athletes over potential surveillance by Chinese authorities and advised not to take their personal mobile phones and laptops prior to leaving for next month's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

The first proposals for the replacement for riding as the fifth discipline in modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games after Paris 2024 have been presented by the working group tasked with overseeing the process to find the new event.

Paris 2024 has announced France Télévisions as the host nation’s official broadcaster of the Paralympic Games.

A bust of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has been unveiled in central Beijing by IOC and Beijing 2022 vice-president Yu Zaiqing.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has moved to Doha and has been living in the Qatari capital since October, according to an investigation by a Swiss newspaper.

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has announced an agreement with the Egyptian Swimming Federation which will see international events held at the ancient Pyramids of Giza between 2023 and 2026.

An anti-mask spectator was ejected from the Australian Open, while, in another incident, a fight broke out between fans in Melbourne.

Reigning Olympic champions Hanna Huskova and Dzinara Alimbekava have been selected among Belarus’ 28-strong squad for next month’s Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

The European Handball Championship being co-hosted by Hungary and Slovakia has been hit by a spate of COVID-19 cases among teams competing at the tournament.

Shim Suk-hee’s bid to make the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing has been shattered after a court rejected the two-time short track speed skating champions appeal against two-month ban.

Olympic gymnast Lim Heem Wei has been named as Singapore's Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) has celebrated a successful year highlighted by the implementation of several Olympic Solidarity programmes, despite the continuous challenges posed by COVID-19.

The United States' Olympic discus silver medallist and former world record holder Rink Babka has died at the age of 85, it has been announced.

The Czech Republic is set to take its largest team to date to a Winter Olympics, after a squad of 113 athletes was confirmed for Beijing 2022, an increase of 19 from Pyeongchang 2018.