Austria will next year play host to the first tournament in professional golf to use a shot clock on every stroke, it has been announced.
Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles, has underlined the Olympic city's determination to uphold its values on social integration and climate change even if they are in conflict with the policy of the US Government.
An investigative process has been launched by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in response to the allegations that a systematic doping programme existed in China across all Olympic sports in the 1980s and 1990s.
Samuel Schmid's Commission looking into allegations of institutionalised doping in Russia will finish their work in time for decisions to be taken by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board at its meeting in early December, Dutch IOC member Camiel Eurlings has claimed.
The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Torch lighting ceremony will go ahead as planned in the precincts of the Ancient Olympia Stadium tomorrow, despite forecasts of heavy storms.
Park City would be "key to any bid" from Salt Lake City for the 2026 or 2030 Winter Olympic Games, Utah Sports Commission President and Exploratory Committee co-chairman Jeff Robbins has claimed.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has claimed there is "absolutely no risk" of active Russian athletes having breached anti-doping rules during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has today welcomed the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to impose a two-year ban on Emirati middle-distance runner Betlhem Desalegn after finding she had committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon has claimed Pyeongchang 2018 will be a success despite the ongoing tensions with North Korea.
An anonymous jury will be present at the FIFA corruption trial of three South American officials after United States District Judge Pamela Chen granted a request from prosecutors to keep their names secret.
The election victory by Japan's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito has provided the country with political stability which is likely to assist preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A tax office in Frankfurt has ordered the German Football Association (DFB) to pay a total of €19.2 million (£17.1 million/$22.6 million) in back taxes on a payment which was allegedly used as slush fund to help the country secure the hosting rights for the 2006 World Cup.
The new UEFA Nations League is set to enhance the value of European international football matches, according to Guy-Laurent Epstein, the European football body's marketing director.
Romanian tennis player Adrian Barbu has been provisionally suspended after failing a drugs test.
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is restructuring its marketing programme along discipline lines.
During the Italian rowing team's celebration after winning the quadruple sculls at Seoul 1988, David Tizzano was thrown into the water and lost his Olympic gold medal on the muddy bottom of the Han River. A South Korean diver, working as a security guard at the regatta course, retrieved it after a 50-minute search. Eight years later, in Atlanta, Tizzano won a second gold medal in the double scull.
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The Olympic flame for Pyeongchang 2018 is due to be lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece on Tuesday. Philip Barker takes a look back at the history of the Winter Olympic Torch Relay.
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