This week saw the lifting of a four-year ban on the Iran Judo Federation imposed after it refused to allow its competitors take part in bouts against opponents from Israel.

It is 42 years since the United Nations first established the International Day of Peace and 22 years since its General Assembly designated the day as a period of non-violence and ceasefire.

It's Friday night. I'm sat on the sofa next to my Dad ready to watch the Rugby World Cup's blockbuster opening fixture between France and New Zealand with crisps in hand. It's a perfect set up.

Earlier this month in Brussels I chatted briefly with the Diamond League chief executive Petr Stastny, who opined that this season’s edition might well be the best since the event began in 2010.

China’s women showed the rest of the world how to do it at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships by winning four of the five Olympic weight categories and strengthening their dominance of the Paris 2024 rankings.

On the streets of the beautiful old city of Lviv it looked like any other summer evening, sidewalk restaurants and cafes full of people enjoying the last days of August under a moonlit sky. But something was not normal, there were almost no men to be seen. 

Although he never led the International Olympic Committee (IOC), there are many who consider that in his heyday, former FIFA President João Havelange was the most powerful sporting official in the world.

There was a hint of a Swedish persuasion when International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates addressed the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) General Assembly five months ago.

I must confess, it was with a high degree of anger that I saw the images and videos of supporters bottlenecked outside the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille before the men's Rugby World Cup match between England and Argentina on Saturday (September 9) night.

As part of my preparations for Paris 2024, I have been dipping into the journalism of Antoine Blondin, the French sportswriter.

In a statement after this year's Mexico City Marathon, organisers insisted that the annual event represents an occasion "to reaffirm the transcendental values of sport".

When news emerged this weekend of Tatiana Kashirina’s loss of three world titles because of a doping offence, one specific fact drew plenty of comments on social media.

On November 29 2022, 55 years of Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) history closed after its members controversially voted to disband the organisation.

Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board announced there would be a delay to their decision on which of nine bidding sports will be admitted to the programme in five years from now.