Japanese OIympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda made his first public appearance since he was indicted by French prosecutors on charges of corruption as he again denied wrongdoing at a press conference in Tokyo today.
A new study has concluded that the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro had positive economic impacts on both the host city and its wider metropolitan area.
Korean Sport and Olympic Committee (KSOC) President Lee Kee-heung has unveiled measures aimed at preventing sexual abuse in sport as a backlash intensifies over the organisation's handling of cases.
David Lappartient is set to fulfil one of his major election pledges after the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced regulations banning tramadol will come into force on March 1.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has reiterated that it will not ban athletes who participate at independent events, but warned that those competitions must be approved before results can be considered official.
Kenya's Lucy Kabuu Wangui, a former Commonwealth 10,000 metres champion, has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for prohibited substance morphine.
International Hockey Federation (FIH) chief executive Thierry Weil has insisted Pakistan remains part of the Pro League following several reports in the country that the team had withdrawn from the new tournament.
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) and the International Testing Agency (ITA) have signed an agreement for the delivery of an "effective" doping control programme during the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk in Russia.
The Uzbek Tigers have reportedly decided not to compete in the upcoming World Series of Boxing (WSB) season, following in the footsteps of Astana Arlans Kazakhstan who announced last month that they would not be involved and were instead disbanding.
Chinese vice-premier Sun Chunlan has urged athletes from the country to learn from more established winter sports nations to ensure they perform at their best at their home 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing.
South Korean tennis player Soyeon Park has been banned for 13 months after a drug test failure.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has claimed there is "no place for Israeli athletes" in his country which is due to host this year's World Para Swimming Championships.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the appointment of Manu Sawhney as its new chief executive.
Manchester 2019 has announced the schedule for this year's World Taekwondo Championships as the five-day event draws closer.
Indian powerlifter Vikram Singh Adhikari has been banned for four years after he committed a second anti-doping rule violation.
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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