More Olympic and Paralympic sports in Britain are to receive financial help after Tokyo 2020 following the launch of a new funding strategy here today by Government agency UK Sport.
Former FIFA official Worawi Makudi's three-and-a-half-year ban has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after the former Football Association of Thailand (FAT) President won his appeal against allegations he had falsified documents.
Germany's Olympic rowing gold medallist Maximilian Reinelt has died while skiing in Switzerland aged only 30, it has been announced.
Airline SAS has announced it has signed a unique cross-border partnership with three Scandinavian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) as a principal partner in the run-up to and during next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Tribute has been paid by the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) to Richard Oblitey Commey after he won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight world title earlier this month.
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in has used the first anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang to urge the country to continue its efforts to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula.
A total of 197 million people took part in winter tourism from November 2017 to March 2018, according to an annual report released by the China Tourism Academy.
Young athletes from areas hit by the earthquake and tsunami which devastated parts of Japan in 2011 are to be invited to next year's Olympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have announced.
Thomas Bach has used the impending first anniversary of last year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang to highlight the important role the event played in helping open the Korean peace process.
Iran has chosen Hadi Rezaei as its Chef de Mission for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo, it has been announced.
China's two-time taekwondo Olympic gold medallist Wu Jingyu has announced she is planning to make a return to the sport in time for Tokyo 2020 after receiving encouragement from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
An inspection team is travelling to Trinidad and Tobago to inspect their bid for the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games after completing a site visit last week to Gibraltar.
Northern Ireland has started talks about forming a hockey team to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Adelaide is the best choice to be chosen as Australia's city to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, being a better option than Perth and Sydney, it has been reported.
Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Dmitry Shlyakhtin has admitted that they were expecting the news from the Court of Arbitration of Sport yesterday that 12 athletes, including Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov, would be banned.
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.
Super League - Head of Communication - Manchester, UK
Rugby League is an intense, attritional, collision-based sport. Our players are athletic, skillful, brave, mentally and physically tough and positive human role-models. Super League is seeking an energetic, dynamic and ambitious Head of Communications to join the team at this exciting and pivotal moment in the sport’s history and take responsibility for all aspects of communication within the rugby league and sporting communities.
The European Youth Olympic Festival is underway in Sarajevo and East Sarajevo and exciting new young talent is sure to catch the eye. But, for every Ester Ledecká who emerges, there will be plenty of others for whom this will be the pinnacle of their careers. Mike Rowbottom asks whether we are asking too much, too young from some athletes.
Were WADA correct not to re-issue RUSADA's suspension?
Vote on this poll
