Two figure skating judges have been suspended by the International Skating Union (ISU) after being found guilty of bias during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang and one will miss out on officiating at Beijing 2022 as a result.
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has arrived at the World Cup as a guest of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has granted his backing to the possible bid for the 2030 World Cup from England.
Stronger measures to eliminate harassment, abuse and discrimination in the Canadian sport system have been announced by Kirsty Duncan, the country's Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities.
Egypt’s weightlifters, at least two of whom would be strong medal contenders, are in danger of missing the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of a slew of 2016 doping positives by teenagers.
They were originally scheduled for the summer of 2017 but almost a year later than originally planned, the Mediterranean Games are now here.
Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub is facing disciplinary action by world governing body FIFA after threatening Lionel Messi.
The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has carried out a rapid shuffle at the top of its administration, with President Lukas Hinder announcing his resignation and the first vice-president, Shawn Tay, being earmarked to take up the post after a five-month transitionary period.
A digital auction of items from the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast 2018 could raise over AUD$1 million (£560,000/$739,000/€637,000), it has been estimated.
The Yokohama Municipal Government has backed plans to build seaside gondolas in the city prior to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in nearby Tokyo.
Luc Tardif has been re-elected President of the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG) for a fourth and, what he has promised, final term in office.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the FIFA World Cup today as Portugal, Uruguay and Spain all enjoyed 1-0 victories in their respective clashes with Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Hungary and Croatia, last year's World Championship finalists, will meet in the quarter-finals of the men's International Swimming Federation Water Polo World League Super Final in Budapest after the United States and Montenegro topped the groups.
It has been a day of mixed fortunes for South Korea at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) 2018 Asian Championships in Bangkok.
Argentina moved top of Group A ahead of Chile at the 2018 Pan American Men’s Handball Championship in Nuuk in Greenland after a 54-10 win over Guatemala, with both of the top two now guaranteed semi-finals places.
One of the most popular faces in snow volleyball, the Czech Republic's Michaela Knoblochová, has lost on her international beach volleyball debut at the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) World Tour event in Ostrava.
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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Paris was awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics nine months ago - and will welcome the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission this week. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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