Former Olympian Simon Hollingsworth has been appointed by the board as the new Chief Executive Officer of Athletics Australia, the organisation announced in a press release Thursday. 

The newly-built Nassau County International Cricket Stadium was launched on 15 May with theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) "excited" to conquer new territories through the T20 World Cup in June, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. 

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Mohammed Jalood was this week in Azerbaijan, where he had the opportunity to discuss new ways of developing weightlifting in the country with the national authorities. While in Baku, Jalood met with Prime Minister Ali Asadov, the Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov, and representatives of the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee and Weightlifting Federation.

The grand finale of the 2024 season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour will take place in Hong Kong for the first time in history on 23-24 November 2024, featuring the world's best men's 3x3 teams.

Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, six-time cyclocross world champion, is undergoing a change at the highest level. His latest ambition is to add the Olympic gold medal in road cycling to the rainbow jersey he already wears in the same discipline. It would be the first time that anyone has ever achieved the triple crown.

The race to secure tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is underway as the African Qualification Tournament begins today at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) announced in a press release earlier today. 

World Aquatics has unveiled a first-ever high-altitude pool in Bhutan as part of their Pools for All Programme initiative launched in 2019.

The federation, based in Styrsö, becomes a new provisional member of the IBA. It will be decided at the IBA Congress at the end of 2024 whether it can become a permanent member.

British heavyweight boxing titleholder Tyson Fury and Ukrainian challenger Oleksandr Usyk are set to battle for the undisputed heavyweight world championship this Saturday at Riyadh's Kingdom Arena.

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) revealed the lineup on Wednesday of 10 sports scheduled to be showcased in the upcoming edition of the Asian Youth Para Games, set to occur in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September to October 2025.

Bahamian double Olympian Joanna Evans expressed her frustrations with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday via social media. 

Nepali cricket sensation Sandeep Lamichhane saw his rape conviction overturned on appeal Wednesday, following a challenge by the former national captain against an eight-year prison sentence for sexual assault issued in January.

Two tennis players have been banned by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) due to their involvement in corruption associated with a syndicate in Belgium.