China’s economy is powering ahead again, as much of the world braces for a difficult end to the year caused by a "second wave" of COVID-19.

Kim Andersen and Quanhai Li will next week contest a run-off for the World Sailing Presidency, after beating off the challenges of two other candidates in the first round of a bitter and keenly-contested race.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appears to have spent nearly $1.6 million (£1.2 million/€1.32 million) on the independent investigation which last year cleared two former Executive Committee members of bullying.

As Olympic bosses contemplate the ashes of the 2020 sports season, they might at least console themselves that they are not running an airline.

Armenia and Vanuatu have been removed from the latest list of suspended Member National Authorities (MNAs), indicating that they will, after all, be able to cast votes in World Sailing’s current bitterly-fought Presidential election.

The high-profile appeal filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Sun Yang and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) cost the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) more than $600,000 (£456,000/€500,000), it has been revealed.

Michel Cadot has been elected President of the French National Sports Agency.

Almost 10 per cent of World Sailing's Member National Authorities (MNAs) are currently categorised as suspended and hence unable to vote in this month's knife-edge Presidential election.

World Sailing’s 2019 accounts have been published on the governing body’s website, underlining the fragile state of its finances a month or so before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of yet another mass participation event, with the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) today confirming that this year's Athens Marathon will not go ahead.

Prominent FIFA sponsor Qatar Airways has received a helping hand from the Qatar Government after what it described as "one of the most difficult years in the airline's history".

The coronavirus pandemic is having a deep impact on the sports industry, according to a new survey.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) plans to earmark nearly 20 per cent of projected receipts during its 2020-2021 financial year for coronavirus-related expenses.

Core capital investments for recent Olympic Games suffered cost overruns of between 13 per cent and 178 per cent, according to a study cited at length by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its recent war of words with an Oxford professor.