Rune Andersen, head of the Taskforce dealing with Russia’s suspension from track and field competition, will deliver his latest report to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Thursday (December 1) during the second day of the Council meeting here.

The crucial governance reforms that will be voted upon during a special International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Congress in Monaco on Saturday (December 3) have received full backing from the IAAF Athletes' Commission.

World Rugby will reinvest around £245 million ($306 million/€289 million) into the sport before Tokyo 2020, where rugby sevens is expected to consolidate the positive impact it had on its Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro this summer. 

Valentin Balakhnichev, former President of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF), has denied involvement in new claims that six athletes from the country were involved in paying top officials from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to avoid having adverse doping results made public.

Embarrassment over anti-doping issues for the hosts of this week’s Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Doha deepened today with the news that Qatar’s Asian 1500 metres champion Mohammed Al-Garni has received a four-year ban.

Haile Gebrselassie has revealed that one of his first initiatives as the newly appointed President of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) will be to change a system which has operated for a generation, requiring athletes who wish to further their careers to live and train in Addis Ababa.

Double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie has succeeded in his aim of becoming President of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) following an election in Addis Ababa.

Former Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu is one of several leading athletes to have had their National Lottery funding cut for the 2017 season, British Athletics revealed today as it released its new world-class performance programme (WCPP) selections.

Kenya’s world javelin champion Julius Yego says he is lucky to be alive following a car accident yesterday which wrote off his vehicle and left him in a "stable condition" in hospital.

Bruno Grandi, who steps down this week after 20 years as President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), has spoken of the "great chance" his sport has to embrace a 3D judging replay system currently being developed in Tokyo.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) Women’s WorldTour - established this year as a replacement for the Women’s World Cup competition set up in 1998 - will expand from 17 to 21 events next season. 

Usain Bolt will run his last race on home soil in Jamaica at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston on June 10 next year, before retiring from competition two months later, he has confirmed.

Rome's bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been suspended, the President of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) Giovanni Malagò announced here today, although faint hopes of a renewed effort still exist given recent political changes.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) Women’s WorldTour, established this year as a replacement for the World Cup competition set up in 1998, will be significantly expanded next year.