Australian Sports Minister Richard Colbeck has admitted Brisbane hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is likely to cost more than the initial budget of AUD5 billion (£2.7 billion/$3.7 billion/€3.2 billion).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been dragged into a bitter dispute linked to this week's European Shooting Confederation Presidential election after one of the candidates called on the organisation to provide "guidance" on a potential conflict of interest.

Human rights groups say they are worried that the Chinese Government will attempt to influence legal proceedings against activists who unveiled banners at the Acropolis protesting against the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games yesterday.

A report published today by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed wrongdoing by representatives from British Cycling and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) in connection with accusations that cyclists samples were analysed privately for the purposes of screening for a banned substance.

World number one and 20-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic has cast doubt over whether he will defend his men’s singles title at the Australian Open after refusing to reveal his vaccination status.

FIFA is expecting "a lot more" cases of sexual abuse in women’s football to come out after the recent revelation of scandals in Australia, the United States and Venezuela.

A group of 25 Member Federations of the European Swimming League (LEN) have stepped up their calls for the embattled continental body to hold elections in February after claiming a petition to stage an Extraordinary Congress has been ignored.

Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov has officially launched his bid to remain as the President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

The United States' three-time Olympic figure skater Evan Bates has described the situation concerning Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region as "terrible" and "awful" as China moves closer to hosting next February's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

Marla Messing, who helped Los Angeles secure the hosting rights for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has been named interim chief executive of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) after the former leadership was toppled by a sexual misconduct scandal in the league.

A Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) initiative aimed at preventing female athletes from being photographed in a sexualised manner when competing in their events has seen around 2,500 non-consensual objectifying images submitted in complaint.

Next month's two-hour Opening Ceremony at the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games will seek to provide a "cultural exhibition from Cali, the state of Valle del Cauca and Colombia," with all participating artists locally based.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has extended its deal with major sponsor HSBC by 12 months.

Two seats on the World Karate Federation's (WKF) Athletes' Commission will be contested at next month's World Championships in Dubai.