Sebastian Coe is heading towards becoming the next President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following an extraordinary day when 12 countries in Europe pledged to support the double Olympic 1500 metres gold medallist.  

Michel Platini is set to announce tomorrow he will be a candidate to replace Sepp Blatter as President of FIFA, insidethegames has been told.

A $1.5 million (£961,000/€1.4 million) increase in payments to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is due to be among the new details revealed when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) publish the Host City contract for the first time following the vote here on Friday (July 31) to decide whether Almaty or Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has officially confirmed that his city is interested in taking up the baton from Boston and launching a bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. 

South Sudan will become the 206th member of the International Olympic Committee when it is officially recognised here next Sunday (August 2), it was confirmed here today. 

Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics is officially over after the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) decided today that it could no longer continue supporting it, although they claimed they remain committed to finding a city to put forward. 

Badminton's integrity has been praised by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach here today, testament to the giant strides made under the sport's new leader Poul-Erik Høyer after it was embroiled in a major scandal at London 2012. 

The official website for next year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal, has been launched.

Mexico won the Gold Cup for a record seventh time, beating surprise finalists Jamaica 3-1 at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia tonight.

Russia's Egor Panyushkin and Spain's Beatriz Villamandos-Lorenzo won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the 1st World Deaf Tennis Championships today at Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Wales will study the economic impact of last year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow before making a final decision on whether they will bid or not for the event in 2026.

Delegations from Almaty and Beijing have both arrived here as they begin a frantic final week of lobbying before a decision will be made on which city will host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

World Archery today elected six new members as it prepared to host its biggest-ever World Championships in Copenhagen.

A project has been launched at Loughborough University to help Britain's wheelchair rugby prepare for next year's Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.