A court in Rio de Janeiro has ordered the Olympic Park be closed because of safety concerns, dealing another blow to the legacy of the city's hosting of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg is expected to arrive in Lausanne tomorrow as part of a planned event, taking place during the Winter Youth Olympic Games here.
The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis event of the year, is set to go ahead, despite serious concerns around air quality in the region.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has called an extraordinary meeting of its Executive Board in Qatar next week in response to allegations of corruption made in a German television documentary.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced that Team GB House at Tokyo 2020 will be located in the Japanese capital's Aoyama district.
Former world junior 800 metres champion Alfred Kipketer is the latest Kenyan athlete to be provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping violations.
UK Sport performance director Chelsea Warr has quit, just six months before Tokyo 2020.
Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 can learn from how organisers of the Winter Youth Olympic Games have made a success of the "decentralised" model used here, according to senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games should look to the example of Lausanne 2020 to create an atmosphere that appeals to young people, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi.
The three draws for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) took place today at Buckingham Palace, where Prince Harry made his first public appearance since announcing last week that he and his wife plan to step back as senior members of the Royal Family.
Teams competing in the qualifiers for the hockey tournament at Paris 2024 will play home and away under changes implemented by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
The Oceania Cycling Confederation (OCC) has confirmed that the 2020 Oceania Road Championships will not be taking place in Tasmania in Australia, later this year.
Japanese badminton star Kento Momota has returned home after being involved in a fatal traffic accident which killed his driver.
The Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) has announced ambitious plans to build a "world class" training centre on the outskirts of Jakarta to aid their bid for the 2032 Summer Games.
A new agreement to expand the "Judo in Schools" project has been agreed in Uzbekistan - a day after the country's capital Tashkent was awarded next year's World Championships.
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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