The International Luge Federation (FIL) has been forced to reverse an embarrassing decision made at today's Congress to award the 2023 Natural Track World Championships to Moscow due to a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision preventing Russia from being awarded any major events before December 2022.

Swingeing cuts to event, development and marketing spending enabled World Rowing to report a surplus of almost CHF1 million (£790,000/$1.1 million/€920,000) in 2020, in spite of what President Jean-Christophe Rolland referred to as a "quasi-inexistent racing programme", except for Indoor Championships in February and the European Rowing Championships in October.

Whistler in Canada has won the right to stage the 2025 Luge World Championships, while the International Luge Federation (FIL) Congress has awarded the 2023 Natural Track World Championships to Moscow despite World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions against Russia dictating the country not be awarded any major events before December 2022.

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are "demanding and challenging" as they allow China, a country strongly criticised for its human rights record, to "bask in the glory of great sporting achievements", says Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) President Berit Kjøll.

The horse-abuse sandal which overshadowed the modern pentathlon tournament at Tokyo 2020 "offered a vital learning moment for our sport", according to International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) President Klaus Schormann.

All athletes aged 18 and above will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to compete at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games, the office of the Cali Mayor has said.

Afghanistan's Paralympic Chef de Mission, Arian Sadiqi, has castigated the international sporting community over the lack of aid in evacuating the country's athletes following the Taliban's seizure of power.

Former German cyclist Björn Thurau has been slapped with a nine-and-a-half-year ban from the sport after being found to have violated anti-doping rules.

Oleg Znarok has been re-appointed as head coach of the Russian men's national ice hockey team, having guided the "neutral" Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) to gold at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

The Four Continents Speed Skating Championships - due to take place in Obihiro in January - have been cancelled by the Japanese Skating Federation (JSF) because of the coronavirus crisis.

Two-time Paralympic gold medallist James Brown has been jailed for a year after he superglued his hand to the roof of an aircraft during an Extinction Rebellion protest.

USA Gymnastics has appointed a new chief communications and marketing officer at what it is being described as a "pivotal time" for the embattled organisation.

The New York City Marathon is set to have extensive COVID-19 countermeasures in place, with organisers eager for the race to run on November 7 after the 2020 edition was cancelled because of the pandemic.

Elisa Balsamo has won the elite women's road race after a dramatic sprint finish at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships in the Flanders region of Belgium.