The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reappointed PricewaterhouseCoopers, the international professional services firm, as its external auditor for a six-year term.

A total of 42 votes is likely to be needed to secure the right to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Coca-Cola is to take its sponsorship of the Olympic Movement into an unprecedented second century under a restructured deal that will see it share ownership of the worldwide beverage category with a Chinese dairy producer, China Mengniu Dairy Company.

Paris 2024 is set to feature demonstrations of a future urban air taxi service, following the launch of a feasibility study by European aircraft-maker Airbus and other bodies.

The four men vying for the Presidency of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) are aiming for a post that paid $642,000 (£511,000/€573,000) in 2017.

Paris 2024 remains optimistic about selling the energy category in its domestic sponsorship portfolio, in spite of its recent setback with Total.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has reported an overall loss of CHF7.04 million (£5.58 million/$7.07 million/€6.31 million) for 2018, slightly higher than budgeted.

The Indian National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) is set to begin testing in Indian cricket later this year, under proposals that appear to have removed any imminent prospect of the International Cricket Council (ICC) being declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The Polish Sports Minister poised next year to succeed Sir Craig Reedie as President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants to see a full-scale WADA-accredited laboratory in Kenya.

A change to the World Anti-Doping Code relating to clenbuterol may cut the number of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) attributed to the steroid, which has long posed problems for testers owing to its presence in meat liable to be consumed by athletes living in, or visiting, various countries.

The first anti-doping case based on analytical data retrieved from the infamous Moscow Laboratory is likely to be opened by the relevant International Federation (IF) within weeks.

Beckie Scott and Edwin Moses have expressed “extreme disappointment” at the outcome of the investigation into their allegations of improper conduct against two World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) colleagues, while vowing to continue in their respective roles as WADA Standing Committee chairs.

Marcos Diaz, the ex-swimmer from the Dominican Republic who has lost out narrowly to Poland’s Witold Bańka in the race for the Presidency of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has pledged his full support for his former rival.

An in-depth investigation has cleared senior World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) figures of bullying, while making four recommendations to address "ongoing tension over allocation of power among different WADA constituencies" and other issues.