Khaled Korany, who has been a successful head coach of the Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia national weightlifting teams, has been banned from the sport for life.

The American Samoa National Olympic Committee (ASNOC) has praised "pioneer" Nathan Crumpton, who is set to become the first athlete to represent the territory at the Winter Olympics for 28 years.

World champion Anna Shcherbakova, world record-holder Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova are all set to make their Olympic debuts after being selected in the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skating team for Beijing 2022.

Hosts India face being kicked out of the Women's Asian Cup after failing to field a team for today's game versus Chinese Taipei, owing to COVID-19 issues.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) flag has been raised at a ceremony in Lake Placid as the village prepares to host the 2023 FISU World University Games.

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has backed calls for more spectators to be allowed in the nation's stadiums.

Commonwealth Games Wales has confirmed the appointment of Matt Cosgrove as its head of operations in the build-up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) hosted its fourth social media webinar which focussed on TikTok.

World number one Ashleigh Barty continued the home challenge in the Australian Open women’s singles by overcoming Amanda Anisimova in the fourth round, while men’s third seed Alexander Zverev suffered defeat in Melbourne.

Junhwan Cha of South Korea became the first male skater from his country to win a title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Estonia, when he claimed the men’s individual crown.

Olympic champion Natalie Geisenberger secured the fifth European Championship title of her career with victory in St Moritz, as Julia Taubitz secured the overall Luge World Cup title.

Burkina Faso eventually booked their spot in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, beating 10-man Gabon in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out at the Limbe Stadium in Cameroon.

Norway ended Spain’s 17-game unbeaten streak at the men’s European Handball Championships after triumphing 27-23 in their main round match in Bratislava, Slovakia.

New Zealand's Nico Porteous successfully defended his men's ski superpipe title on the final day of the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen.