October 4 - Tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics went on sale today.
October 2 - Frankie Fredericks has unexpectedly quit as President of Athletics Namibia, claiming he wants to spend more time with his family in Germany.
October 3 - Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo was among those present today to mark the opening of the Brazilian Shooting Open Championships in Rio de Janeiro, a major event in the build-up to the 2016 Paralympics in the city.
October 4 - After six days of meandering around Greece the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay has reached the Acropolis, the nation's most famous landmark, on the eve of the Handover Ceremony, when the Flame will be handed over to Russian officials.
October 4 - New International Cycling Union (UCI) President Brian Cookson has continued to make major changes, including dispensing with the services of long-time legal counsel Philippe Verbiest and appointing Martin Gibbs as his chief of staff, it was confirmed today.
October 4 - Swansea has submitted a bid to host the 2016 World University Rugby Sevens, it has been announced.
October 4 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced today that a commission has been set-up to look into alternate dates for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, although no decision will be made until after next year's tournament in Brazil.
October 4 - Secretary general of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), Roslyn Morris, has been in Gwangju to discuss the Young Reporters Programme, a mentoring program for the development of young journalists.
September 30 - A plaque in honour of Britain's Tour de France and four-time Olympic gold medal winning cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins has been unveiled in the Paddington Recreation Ground in Kilburn in Central London.
October 1 - Delegates from the International University Sports Federation (FISU) are currently undertaking comprehensive inspections of Gwangju in preparation for the Summer Universiade due to take place there in 2015.
The third stop on the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Judo Tour since the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro sees the inaugural Tashkent Grand Prix take place in the Uzbekistan Sports Complex, starting tomorrow.
September 27 - Alberto "Coco" Budeisky has been named new President of the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF).
September 30 - A survey conducted by the Triathlon Industry Association (TIA) has revealed that expenditure on the sport in the UK is now worth more than £192 million ($311million/€228 million) per year as a result of the huge success the sport has enjoyed in recent months.
There were surprising defeats for men's class five top seeds France and Serbia as the team events got underway at the European Para Table Tennis Championships in Lignano today.
October 3 - A low-key ceremony will be held to celebrate the arrival of the Queen's Baton in New Delhi next week as part of the build-up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow but it will visit the Taj Mahal, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced today following an emergency meeting.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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