The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has confirmed it will not appeal the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), following the two-year sanctions imposed on the organisation last month.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics faces further uncertainty due to the Japanese Government's COVID-19 vaccination plans, with its roll out not expected until late February.
Greece's Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi - who urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone Tokyo 2020 last year - has supported the staging of the Games this year.
The Glasgow Events Board has approved the development of a feasibility study, with the city eyeing a bid to host the 2024 World Indoor Athletics Championships.
Organisers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are hopeful of hosting the first major multi-sport event after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay may be forced to divert the event away from public roads when it begins its journey around Japan two months from today.
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee has moved into sustainable headquarters in Saint-Denis today.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced that the Global Boxing Cup has been rescheduled to 2022 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Former British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman saw a request to adjourn his medical tribunal to deliver COVID-19 vaccinations turned down, prior to the General Medical Council beginning to sum up its case.
A World Taekwondo demonstration team is set to perform at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) Air Show later this year after the governing body signed an agreement with organisers of the event.
Craig Burn has become the latest appointment of the senior management team of the 2023 International Cycling Union (UCI) Cycling World Championships in Scotland.
Olympic champion Adam Peaty is one of the first four swimmers to be selected to represent Britain at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Vincent Kriechmayr earned his first victory of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup season after winning the super-G race in Kitzbühel.
Denmark's Viktor Axelsen and Spain's Carolina Marín have been confirmed as the top seeds in the men's and women's singles events, respectively, at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in Bangkok.
Jacek Sasin, the deputy prime minister of Poland, and the Government official responsible for overseeing preparations for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games has tested positive for COVID-19.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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The coronavirus pandemic forced a near global shutdown of sport across the world, but sports governing bodies have staged successful events despite the COVID-19 crisis. Mike Rowbottom speaks to those who have been able to do so.
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