US Government file papers in Armstrong lawsuit
By Duncan Mackay
April 23 - Court documents have been officially filed by the United States Government against Lance Armstrong, accusing him of defrauding the Postal Service by taking millions of dollars in sponsorship money while taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.
April 23 - Court documents have been officially filed by the United States Government against Lance Armstrong, accusing him of defrauding the Postal Service by taking millions of dollars in sponsorship money while taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.
April 23 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have no concerns that the closure of Estádio Olímpico João Havelange will affect preparations for Rio 2016, general secretary Essar Gabriel claimed today at the end of a visit to the Brazilian city.
April 24 - Marius Vizer's candidature to become the new President of SportAccord has received a powerful endorsement from C K Wu, President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), who has praised him for helping turn round the fortunes of judo.
April 23 - Inas, the International Federation of Sport for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability within the Paralympic Movement, has appointed Olympic swimming champion Adam Pine as its new director of the sport to help build on the momentum of London 2012.
April 22 - The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) have welcomed a $1.1 million (€870,000/£740,000) funding increase for Paralympic sports from the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), but still have their sights set on closing the gap further on the funding given to able-bodied sport.
April 22 - Britain's six-time London Marathon champion Dave Weir has called for an earlier start time for the wheelchair race following a heavy collision between women's Olympic marathon champion Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia and Paralympian Josh Cassidy of Canada.
April 22 - Britain's first female boxing Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams has helped launch a new partnership between Glasgow 2014, Unicef and the Commonwealth Games Foundation (CGF) which aims to inspire children across the Commonwealth to be the "Best You Can Be".
April 23 - Philadelphia is exploring a bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympics Games, the city's Mayor Michael Nutter has revealed.
April 23 - Another major multinational company has renewed its sponsorship of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) with leading global bank Citi agreeing to continue its support of Team USA through until Rio 2016.
April 23 - The All England Club have today confirmed their intention to build a retractable roof over Court One at Wimbledon in time for the 2019 Championships.
April 17 - Eagles veteran Brian Dawkins and Philadelphia 76ers icon Dikembe Mutombo have joined dignitaries from the Pennsylvanian city to welcome the announcement that it will be hosting the 2013 edition of the Beyond Sport Summit and Awards.
April 23 - Moscow will host the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, it has been announced. 
April 18 - Gabrielle Douglas, Kyla Ross, Alexandra Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber, the United States' gold medal winning gymnastics squad from London 2012, are among the champions to be inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame as the governing body celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
April 23 - Dan Pfaff, the world-renowned American athletics coach who mentored many of Britain's top athletes ahead of London 2012, has been named as the new head coach at World Athletics Centre in Phoenix, Arizona.
April 23 - Hockey Australia has launched a search for its new chief executive to replace the outgoing Mark Anderson, who was recently appointed to the same position at Swimming Australia.
