The first day of the 2021 International Skating Union European Short Track Speed Skating Championships saw most - but not all - of the favourites progress in Gdańsk in Poland.
With the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games now only one year away, organisers in Kazan and Special Olympics executives have expressed their support for the upcoming competition.
Australia's men's wheelchair basketball head coach Craig Friday is to also coach the women's side this year.
Canada's Éliot Grondin and Italian Raffaella Brutto topped qualification for the season-opening International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup in Chiesa in Valmalenco.
All four teams remain alive in Group C of the African Nations Championship, but Togo have joined Morocco in the top two following victory over Uganda.
Today's International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup qualification in Lahti has been cancelled due to unsafe jumping conditions.
Paralympic champions Giacomo Bertagnolli and Anna-Lena Forster were among the winners as slalom competition began at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Veysonnaz.
International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) chairman Viktor Huszár has set a target of increasing the number of National Federations to "at least" 150 by the end of 2021 as part of plans to accelerate the growth of the sport.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed there is "no reason whatsoever" to think Tokyo 2020 will not be staged from July 23 to August 8.
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee is set to move into a new headquarters in Saint-Denis.
Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui has claimed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games should be postponed to 2024 because of the coronavirus crisis.
Newcastle and Gateshead has announced its intention to bid for the 2026 European Championships, the third edition of the multi-sport event.
The Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation (BSSF) has urged the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) to strip Belarus of this year's World Championships because of the crisis in the country.
World number one Novak Djokovic has claimed a list of demands to improve the quarantine conditions of Australian Open players was "misconstrued" and came from "good intentions".
Canada Basketball says it stands by its decision not to participate in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) AmeriCup qualifiers in November, with the national governing body expressing disappointment over sanctions imposed by the FIBA Disciplinary Panel.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
Commonwealth Games England - Media and Communications Executive - London, United Kingdom
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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