The International Table Tennis Federation had a turnover of $20 million (£15.5 million/€18 million) for the year of 2018 - 10 times more than the equivalent figure a decade ago - and is pressing ahead with plans to establish a new global office away from its current site of Lausanne.
Japan considering using a United States military airbase for commercial flights during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been claimed.
Melanesia Media Group has been appointed host broadcaster for the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games.
Reinhard Grindel has officially stood down from key roles at FIFA and UEFA after he was forced to resign as President of the German Football Association (DFB) following allegations of undeclared earnings and the acceptance of a watch as a gift.
Around 100 athletes are expected to attend the second edition of the 2019 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Forum at the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Training Center in Colorado Springs in November.
Triple Olympic medallist Perrine Pelen has been appointed general mamanger of the 2023 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships in Courchevel-Méribel, it has been announced.
Tributes have been paid to Belgian cycling great Patrick Sercu following his death at the age of 74.
Iran’s sitting volleyball coach Hadi Rezaei has been appointed as the new chief executive of the I. R. Iran National Paralympic Committee for a four-year term.
The Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) has begun the process of appointing three independent directors, one of which will become chair of the organisation.
Ashleigh Barty and Samantha Stosur beat Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the deciding doubles rubber to send Australia through to their first Fed Cup final for 26 years.
Top singles seeds Fan Zhendong and Ding Ning reached the main draw of the mixed doubles event on the first day of the International Table Tennis Federation World Championships in Budapest.
Brazilian sailors won the women's 470 and the Finn events on the final day of the Sailing World Cup in Genoa.
Canada won the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Kitakyushu with a last gasp try and conversion against England in the final.
China’s Hou Zhihui clinched gold in the women’s 49 kilogram competition at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo.
China’s Lü Huihui produced a Championship record throw to win the gold medal in the javelin at the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha.
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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The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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