With less than six months to go before the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony, this is about the time in the Summer Games cycle when I start taking an interest in medal prospects.
Until VAR reared its ugly head no sport created more genuine debate than boxing.
Upon reflection, the facts surrounding the 'ball-tampering' row involving home tennis player John Millman at the Australian Open this week seem quite clear.
Late risers staying in the Lausanne Palace may have been somewhat alarmed looking out of their windows last week.
Respect and protection of women’s rights are essential for building a peaceful and inclusive society.
Talk of "medal tables" has been mercifully rare at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, which came to an end this week. But be under no illusion, everyone will be talking about it at Tokyo 2020.
As an inveterate insomniac I can't wait for Sunday week. That is the night - although it will mainly be in the early hours of Monday morning in the UK - when the Super Bowl will be screened live from Miami by Sky.
Tuesday (January 21) marked the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death at the age of just 46. This gives rise to an irresistible, though I suspect not especially original, urge to re-examine the great writer's views on sport.
Admittedly, these are very dark times for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
My interview with Lausanne 2020 chief executive Ian Logan begins slightly later than scheduled as the Organising Committee is dealing with a crisis. Someone has been grilling hot dogs on the Olympic flame in the city.
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) stance on political neutrality and podium protests has caused something of a stir recently.
With the Winter Youth Olympic Games heading to Gangwon in four years, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can safely bill the event as being part of the legacy of Pyeongchang 2018.
We are at the halfway point in Lausanne 2020. Already a week has passed since young Swiss ice dancer Gina Zehnder lit the flame to set the Winter Youth Olympic Games in motion.
When I was 11 I briefly received some professional football coaching - that is, some coaching from an ex-professional player. Ian Husband was his name, dad of my football-mad friend Hamish, and he had made a living playing for Scottish teams, including Airdrieonians.
I have written before that under Thomas Bach's Presidency, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has become less like a parliament and more like a corporation.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Super-rich Saudi Arabia has made sport a priority with major events regularly taking place in the Kingdom. The country's vision, however, creates uncomfortable questions. Dan Palmer reports.
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