Local authorities have reported a 30 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of people participating in winter sports in Chinese province Hebei, where the majority of the skiing competitions at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be held.
Top seeds Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands survived scares in their opening matches of the International Tennis Federation Japan Open to progress to the quarter-finals of the women's competition.
Christopher McHugh and Zachery Schubert qualified for their first four-star event at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour in Xiamen.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled the Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) should compensate show jumper Jill Terceira after the organisation banned her from representing Bermuda for three years.
Long jumper Yelena Mashinistova and shot putter Ruslan Khalikov have been suspended by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after testing positive for the banned performance enhancing substance hydrochlorothiazide.
Turin has agreed to hold the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals from 2021 to 2025.
Filip Nepejchal of the Czech Republic matched the junior world record in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions to earn gold at the International Sport Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Beijing.
Sara López delighted the Colombian home crowd by equalling her world ranking record to top the women's compound qualifying event at the Archery World Cup in Medellin.
Members of Team Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been invited to get involved with the PNG Athletes' Commission elections, due to take place during this year's Pacific Games in Samoa.
Five-time European champion Olena Chynka claimed five gold medals at the World Para Dance Sport season-opener in Cujik in the Netherlands.
Top seed and defending champion Raneem El Welily of Egypt defeated Belgium's Tinne Gilis in 22 minutes to reach the quarter-final of the El Gouna International Squash Open.
Russia earned two more gold medals at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series in Kazan to finish the competition with nine of the ten golds available.
Japan won gold medals in the male and female kata finals at the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1-Premier League in Rabat.
Brazilian sailors won the women's 470 and the Finn events on the final day of the Sailing World Cup in Genoa.
Fabio Fognini became the first Italian to win an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Masters 1000 title after triumphing against Serbia's Dušan Lajović in the Monte-Carlo Masters final.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park. This new role requires carving out and delivering new engagement programmes across the confederations, using existing experience of working in international football. It requires confidence in working with and for leadership teams, and an ability to think and work strategically, deliver projects overseas and build a network of contacts across the national associations.
The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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