More promotion is needed to help ensure this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang are a success, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told organisers. 

FIFA Council member Constant Omari has accused the DR Congo Sports Minister Papy Nyango of orchestrating his arrest on corruption charges after he was released from detention.

Famed gymnastics coaches Béla and Márta Károlyi, whose training ranch was at the centre of a sexual abuse scandal, have claimed they did not know former United States team doctor Larry Nassar was praying on girls they were working with. 

Defending champion David Weir timed his sprint for the line to perfection as he beat arch-rival Marcel Hug of Switzerland for the second year in a row to clinch his eighth Virgin Money London Marathon men's wheelchair title here today.

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra has claimed the country will bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, along with the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2030 Asian Games.

FIFA are to pay more scrutiny to Morocco's bid for the 2026 World Cup after expressing some concerns over hotel capacity and the readiness of stadiums to host matches following the completion of a visit from its Evaluation Task Force. 

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has claimed he is hopeful a referendum on the city's candidature for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will still be held later this year as the Council prepares to vote on whether or not to establish a committee to oversee the potential bid.

Many of Team England's Commonwealth Games star athletes have travelled to Birmingham today as thousands welcomed them back in a big open-air "homecoming" from Gold Coast 2018.

Gold Coast 2018 chief executive Mark Peters has earned more than AUD$3 million (£1.6 million/$2.3 million/€1.9 million) since being appointed to head the Organising Committee for the Commonwealth Games, it has been reported.

A study on the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade has revealed that the event generated an economic impact of TWD$4.550 billion (£109 million/$152 million/€124 million).

Russian Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) head Vladimir Uiba has blamed negligence for bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva testing positive for a banned substance at Pyeongchang 2018 after claiming they had tried to prevent her from competing at the Winter Olympic Games.

Czech Biathlon Association President Jiří Hamza has claimed the door remains open for two-time world champion Gabriela Koukalová to return to the sport one day, despite the athlete criticising her team-mates in her controversial autobiography.

British-based international relations and communications agency JTA have been awarded their second prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade in four years. 

Canada and Switzerland were among the teams to record comfortable victories as the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship began in Östersund.