Organisers of the 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin hosted a #TO25 Snow Volley Festival in Bardonecchia, featuring a series of friendly tournaments, as the sport continues to be under consideration for inclusion. 

Japan's Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto are set to defend their titles on their home ice of Saitama as the 2023 International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships is due to start tomorrow.

The European Karate Federation Senior Championships are set to begin in Guadalajara, Spain tomorrow at the Palacio Multiusos Sports Hall, with qualification spots for the 2023 European Games on the line.

Chinese aerials specialist Xu Mengtao has announced that she is targeting featuring in the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which would be her fifth appearance at an Olympic Games.

Five new sports have received recognition from the United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (UAE NOC).

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has been accused of holding judges and referees "hostage" in its row with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the running of events for next year’s Olympics in Paris.

A "final recommendation" by the World Athletics Task Force over the reinstatement of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) - which has been banned since 2015 following state-sponsored Russian doping - is set to feature in the virtual three-day World Athletics Council which is scheduled to start tomorrow.

Russian head coach Albert Mutalibov has claimed that he would have invited all nations here to participate at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championships, insisting that boycotts are "bad for boxing".

FIFA has appealed against a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the ban imposed on former President of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) Yves Jean-Bart.

Finland has cancelled an International Fencing Federation (FIE) tournament in Turku due to the decision of the world governing body to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete.

Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Cortina d'Ampezzo to voice their opposition to a project to build a new sliding centre for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has claimed that the Canadian province hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games would be "less risky" than the Olympic Games, but refused to commit to a referendum on advancing a bid.

Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, has been received by Pope Francis at the Vatican, where topics of discussion included the Paris 2024 Olympics and the reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Digital collectable card game Hearthstone has been removed as an esports medal event at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou because it is unable to satisfy "preconditions for inclusion".

Hollywood actor Steven Seagal was present at the inauguration of an All-Russian Aikido Centre in Moscow, with one of its objectives being to prepare young people for the service in the Russian armed forces.