The International Skating Union (ISU) has confirmed that its decision on the participation of Russia and Belarus in international competitions will be made in a meeting in either June or October.

UEFA has stripped Belarus, Russia's neighbour and ally in the invasion of Ukraine, of the hosting rights to the 2025 Women's Under-19 European Championship but has stopped short of an outright ban.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has pledged to provide Olympic Solidarity funding to any Ukrainian athletes affected by their National Olympic Committee’s proposal to ban them from international competitions in which Russian and Belarusian athletes are taking part.

World number one tennis star Iga Świątek said that the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) should have banned Russian and Belarusian players when the invasion of Ukraine was launched and it would be unfair to do so now.

World Aquatics has created a task force to explore how athletes from Russia and Belarus can return to competition as neutrals.

Ukraine's Olympic bronze medallist Elina Svitolina has criticised the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for an alleged lack of action in helping the country's tennis players following the incident with Lesia Tsurenko last month.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has been accused of not addressing the human rights of Ukrainian athletes in the wake of the body's latest recommendations regarding the participation of Russia and Belarus in global sport.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has branded the decision to allow Russian and Belarusian players to return to Wimbledon as "immoral".

World Taekwondo has announced that it will allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to return to competition as neutrals.

In the last few days, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have insisted that the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics was not discussed at this week's Executive Board meeting.

Former Olympic champion David Svoboda has been criticised by Czech Republic's Defence Minister Jana Černochová and stepped down as Czech Olympic Committee (ČOV) Athletes' Commission chair following controversial comments he made on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international sport.

International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Morinari Watanabe has visited Ukraine's capital Kyiv, where Government officials urged him to use his influence to block Russian and Belarusian athletes from next year's Olympics in Paris.

Latvian Olympic Committee (LOK) President Žoržs Tikmers has apologised to athletes who temporarily lost state funding for participating against competitors from Russia and Belarus at its General Assembly, but insisted the body is not "the only ones responsible".

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned Ukraine against boycotting qualifying events for next year’s Olympics in Paris due to the presence of Russians and Belarusians, claiming it will "only hurt" Ukrainian athletes and "in no way impact the war that the world wants to stop".

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed athletes from the country competing under a neutral flag would be patriots.