The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has hailed a donation of AUD$600,000 (€369,379/£324,066) by the Queensland Government to the Australian Olympic team ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Samoa 2019 has announced Legend Sportswear as the provider of the host nation’s kit for the upcoming Pacific Games.

Members of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee agreed to put on hold plans to sue the International Olympic Committee (IOC) but expressed concern about the timing of a meeting with officials from the organisation next week.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) maintains the legal case won recently by a German athletes' group which lessened individual advertising restrictions addressed in its Rule 40.3 is not generally applicable to other National Olympic Committees.

The Polish Sports Minister poised next year to succeed Sir Craig Reedie as President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants to see a full-scale WADA-accredited laboratory in Kenya.

RS:X could be dropped as the equipment for the windsurfing events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after the World Sailing Equipment Committee rejected a recommendation made by the Board of Directors.

Delegates at the 40th European Olympic Committees (EOC) Seminar here have been given a reminder from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over ensuring athletes are not excluded from competition for political reasons.

Paris 2024 organisers have made significant savings on the construction of their Olympic and Paralympic Athletes' Village by reducing the number of beds that will be required following an intensive consultation exercise with National Olympic Committees.

Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has announced her shock retirement from biathlon at the age of 25.

Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi is targeting a place in the country’s archery team for the upcoming Pacific Games.

Producers of the Opening Ceremony of the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade have announced they are hoping to select 1,500 young people to perform during the curtain raiser that will be broadcast worldwide from the Italian city’s San Paolo Stadium.

Britain's Jade Jones added a women's under-57 kilogram world title to her two Olympic gold medals in front of a home crowd here at the World Taekwondo Championships.

Russia earned a fifth straight victory at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships to hit Latvia’s hopes of a quarter-final place in Slovakia.

Abderrahman Samba of Qatar produced the outstanding performance in Shanghai today, in the second of the season’s International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meetings, as he held off the huge talent of United States runner Rai Benjamin to win the 400 metres hurdles in 47.27sec - his second fastest time.