Bowling needs to change its worldwide perception of being a recreational activity rather than a sport, World Bowling President Kevin Dornberger has said, admitting there is “work to do” if it is to improve its global image and one day be included on the Olympic Games Programme.

Members of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee have participated in a number of discussions and sessions at the 2015 International Athlete Forum for 2020, which concluded today in Tokyo.

The debacle involving the Tokyo 2020 National Stadium has been “disappointing” and preparations for the event in the Japanese capital must move in a “new direction”, Olympic swimming champion Daichi Suzuki has claimed following the launch of a new sports agency in Japan.

World Squash Federation (WSF) President N Ramachandran has admitted to insidethegames how he found his sport's absence from the list of five recommended for Tokyo 2020 Olympic inclusion "difficult to understand", accepting that frustration with the campaign's failure is "understandable".

Surfing have not abandoned holding events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics naturally in the ocean rather than artificially in a wave park, the option most people have regarded as more likely, the governing body have told insidethegames.

It might just be the ultimate golden ticket for the sports shortlisted as potential additions to the programme for Tokyo 2020. 

New rules brought in by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Agenda 2020 reform process allow each Organising Committee “to make a proposal for the inclusion of one or more additional events on the programme for that edition of the Olympic Games".

Climbing, arguably the surprise inclusion in the list of five new sports recommended for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by organisers, has vowed to "reinforce and improve" the running of the sport to best boost its bid.

World Bowling has expressed its sadness and disappointment after not being included among Tokyo 2020's five recommended sports to be added to the Olympic and Paralympic programme.

Discussions are still being held by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about who would oversee a skateboarding competition if the sport is ultimately added to the Tokyo 2020 schedule following a recommendation by Games organisers today.

You can never know with these votes, and it is always rash to make bold predictions. Yet it seemed a fairly safe bet that baseball and softball would be among the sports proposed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic inclusion by Games organisers today.

So far as we could see, karate, rather than squash, was being mooted as another likely choice, while there was always a chance that a youth oriented event would be selected: skateboarding under the guise of roller skating, perhaps.

Ryohei Miyata, President of the Tokyo University of the Arts, has been appointed head of the Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee while membership of the panel has also been confirmed.

Yokohama Stadium will play host to the finale of another major sporting event after it was confirmed as the replacement location for the 2019 Rugby World Cup final in a "revised roadmap" released by the sport's world governing body today, while the Tokyo Stadium football ground will also be added to a list of 12 venues.

Baseball and softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing and surfing have been recommended for inclusion on the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020.

Eight sports are poised to discover if they will be put forward for inclusion on the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020 with an announcement due tomorrow (Monday).

When South Korea beat three-times champions Cuba to take Olympic baseball gold at Beijing 2008, eyebrows were understandably raised both across the world and at home.