China's capital city Beijing has been announced as the host of the 2020 SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit.

Registration has opened for next year's SportAccord Summit in Gold Coast.

Hosts of the 2019 SportAccord Summit have still yet to be revealed, despite Hungary’s capital Budapest widely expected to stage the event.

Riccardo Fraccari has been appointed as secretary general of the Association of Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) after a feisty Annual General Meeting (AGM) here at the SportAccord Summit in Bangkok.

Francesco Ricci Bitti has stepped down as President of SportAccord Convention, handing over the reins to Patrick Baumann.

An official signing ceremony has taken place to confirm Bangkok as host of the 16th SportAccord Convention next year.

SportAccord has described the World Mind Sports Games as "by far the most advanced with its concept" out of the three multi-sport events that the umbrella organisation intends to organise in the near future.