Santa Monica Pier, close to where Los Angeles propose to stage four sports during the 2028 Olympic Games, was closed for several hours today following a bomb scare.

China's former world champion Qian Chen has been suspended by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) for four years after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs at last year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

An appeal by Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the ruling that saw his country's 4x100 metres relay team stripped of their Olympic gold medals at Beijing 2008 will be heard on November 15.

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah will miss this week's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here to travel to Turkmenistan, it has been confirmed.

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah is set to miss the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session, due to start here on Wednesday (September 13), insidethegames understands.

Scotland has called for Birmingham to be awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games as early as possible following the decision by the UK Government to choose it as its candidate city.

California will provide up to $270 million (£205 million/€224 million) in guarantees if Los Angeles 2028 goes over budget under new legislation. 

A last-ditch attempt to save Victoria's bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been launched by a group of local businessmen who have agreed to cover the cost of any overruns if the city stages the event.

Wales' netball team will prepare for next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast by playing a series of matches in Tasmania, it has been announced.

Councillors in Hamilton have narrowly voted against bidding for the 2030 centenary Commonwealth Games but the decision could be overturned.

Europe should be chosen ahead of Africa for the 2023 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, it was claimed today.

Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman will not be able to travel to Lima for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session next week after he gave up three passports to Brazilian authorities following a police search of his house yesterday.

A new memorial remembering the victims of the massacre during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich has been unveiled today in front of an audience that included International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. 

A date of November 29 has been set for the start of the trial of Patrick Hickey after he was charged with a series of offences linked to the illegal distribution of tickets for last year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.