The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has given its backing to the "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence" campaign.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) celebrated its young leaders at an inaugural Australian Olympic Change-Maker national summit.
Keykavous Saeidi has been officially appointed as permanent secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Nepal celebrated success in the cross-country mountain bike events, as the South Asian Games continued.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced the appointments of Vicky Gosling, Andrew Scoular and Juliet Slot to the organisation's Board.
Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) chief executive Tuelo Serufho says an absence of funding for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo is likely to affect qualification deadlines for some sports.
The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee's (FASANOC) Athletes' Commission are hoping to provide greater support and guidance to athletes following the election of their new board.
The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) appointed the members of its new Ethics Committee at its second General Assembly of the year.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has confirmed financial support for Aduvie International School in Nigerian capital Abuja.
Members of the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) have voted in favour of two amendments to the constitution at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in Dublin.
The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) held a career development workshop which was aimed at helping athletes with financial planning.
A budget of KSh600 million (£4.5 million/€5.8 million/€5.3 million) has been approved to support Kenya's team at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Barry Hendricks has been elected as first vice-president of South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), leaving the official in line take charge of the organisation next year.
The Canadian Olympic Foundation (COF) has appointed former athlete Jeff Glass to its Board of Directors.
Mongolia is to launch its own Olympic hospitality house for the first time at Tokyo 2020 next year, it has been revealed.
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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