German bobsleigh pilot Hans-Peter Hannighofer has been forced to withdraw from the 2021-2022 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) season after suffering a serious knee injury during training in Oberhof.

The four-star International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour event in the Brazilian city Itapema has been rescheduled for November 10 to 14 this year.

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) chief executive Lorraine Mar expects the financial and practical effects of COVID-19 to impact the country’s preparations for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) was represented at the 30^th Economic Forum in the Polish town of Karpacz, and attended a promotional event in Wroclaw.

Defending champions France will open the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Prague against Canada, starting off six days of competition at the start of November at the O2 Arena.

This year’s World Triathlon Para Championships will be held alongside the World Triathlon Championship Series event in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, in November.

More than 1,000 athletes will compete in 13 sports at the All-Russian Student Festival.

A new host for the 2022 International Ski Federation (FIS) Junior and Under-23 World Cross-Country Ski Championships is being searched for after the Polish town Zakopane withdrew due to construction conflicts near the resort.

The first high-level meeting has taken place between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka and Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin since the country was banned from taking part in major competitions, including the Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued another stern warning to the International Boxing Association (AIBA), claiming its "deepest" concerns with the suspended organisation's governance, refereeing and judging remain "unresolved" and suggesting it has made little progress towards reinstatement.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been castigated by survivors of Larry Nassar's abuse for its handling of the investigation - one FBI director Christopher Wray accepts contained "totally unacceptable" errors - at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the case.

Disgraced athletics coach Alberto Salazar's appeal against a four-year anti-doping ban has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Bronte Barratt has been elected by Australia’s athletes to serve as their first representative when the Organising Committee for Brisbane 2032 is officially set up later this year.

The World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst have been postponed for a second time due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Australia.