Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) President Francesco Ricci Bitti has warned Russia against any "very contentious" plans to stage rebel events outside of the Olympic Movement.

The Dutch Boxing Federation (NBB) has admitted that leaving the International Boxing Association (IBA) is "inevitable" after ruling that it "no longer sees any reason to support an organisation that is unable to organise Olympic boxing fairly and competently".

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina said her respect for her country’s soldiers in the war against Russia was key to her decision not to shake hands with Russian and Belarusian players at the French Open.

Former Olympic champion Cheick Cissé, two-time Olympic medallist Lee Dae-hoon and Katherine Alvarado have all been elected to the World Taekwondo Athletes' Committee here, while Wu Jingyu has been re-elected for a fresh four-year term.

Czech wrestling legend Vítězslav Mácha, who remains the only wrestler from his country to win Olympic gold, has died at the age of 75.

Coca-Cola, part of The Olympic Partner (TOP) programme, have announced three new appointments for the Italian market with Milan Cortina 2026 in mind.

More than 9,000 schoolchildren have been given the opportunity to watch the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships live as a result of the Schoolhero programme.

British Olympic swimming gold-medallist Anita Lonsbrough has put a series of items from her glittering career up for auction, including her "lucky towel" and a towelling robe with her name spelled wrong.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is set to host an event celebrating a key milestone in the build-up to this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has signed an agreement with the Ann Craft Trust in a bid to boost its safeguarding practices.

Ubisoft Entertainment has become the latest video game developer to close its official online store in China which has imposed tight regulations to solve gaming addictions.

Defending champion and top seed Iga Świątek charged into the French Open round of 16 as she dominated China's Wang Xinyu in straight sets on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Liliia Khuzina became the first individual neutral athlete to win a gold at the World Taekwondo Championships here, in front of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

Italian Elena Micheli and Mohanad Shaban of Egypt have triumphed in the individual contests at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup Final in Ankara.