Hamilton appears to be back in the running to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games after Councillors in the Canadian city voted unanimously to weigh up the pros and cons of staging the multi-sport event.

Danish badminton player Joachim Persson has been suspended for 18 months after being found guilty of four violations of the sport's code of conduct in relation to betting and irregular match results.  

Fort Lauderdale will host three important events for the Olympic Movement and the development of sport in the Americas this December, Panam Sports has announced.

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) will stage a World Cup in stand-up paddle (SUP) in September as they continue their promotion of the sport.

British weightlifter Sonny Webster has been banned for a further three years for operating as a coach while suspended.

This month's Winter Universiade has been given an immediate legacy after the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships were awarded to Krasnoyarsk.

China's Wenjing Sui and Cong Han won pairs gold at the World Figure Skating Championships but the event was overshadowed by a claim that South Korean Lim Eun-soo was deliberately injured by American Mariah Bell.

The winners of this year's Women’s World Cup in France will get prize money of $4 million (£3 million/€3.5 million), just over one-tenth of the $38 million (£28.8 million/€33.5 million) which the French team received for winning last year's men's tournament. 

A Street League Skateboarding (SLS) World Tour event will be held in London for the second year running in 2019, it has been announced.

The International Skating Union (ISU) has awarded the 2020 European Short Track Championships to Hungary.

Argentina recorded their third straight victory away from home as they beat China to reduce the gap to current women's International Hockey Federation Pro League leaders The Netherlands.

The Fiji Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) has awarded its Olympic Order to Anthony Philp Sr for his contribution to sailing.

A group of 21 athletes from eight countries and five sports are suspected of blood doping following the raid at the World Nordic Skiing Championships in Austria, prosecutors in Germany have revealed.

Tokyo 2020 has today unveiled the design of the Torch that will be used during the Olympic Torch Relay and the emblem for the event.