Sir Craig Reedie, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has hinted that Russia is moving in the right direction to be declared compliant before next year's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Jean-Christophe Rolland, President of the World Rowing Federation (FISA), has signalled a potentially bleak future for lightweight rowing at the Olympics.
Doubts remain over how much funding the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will receive for the next four years after public authorities refused to sign-off the 2018-2021 budget.
British athletics star Dame Kelly Holmes has said she self-harmed while struggling with injuries which she feared would end her career.
International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has hailed the sport's inclusion on the programme for the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, describing the decision of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) as a historic one.
Stellenbosch will open the 2018 Mountain Bike World Cup season as the International Cycling Union (UCI) officially confirmed the calendar for the forthcoming campaign.
International University Sport Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has said that tackling an increasing sedentary lifestyle of youth and rising obesity rates are goals of the organisation.
The vice president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the President of the South American Weightlifting Confederation, Jose Quiñones, visited the IWF headquarters in Budapest to discuss plans for two tournaments.
The Japan Football Association (JFA) will appoint former Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Hajime Moriyasu to coach the Japanese men's team at their home Tokyo 2020 Olympics, it has been reported.
The new office of the International Luge Federation (FIL) in the German town of Berchtesgaden has been officially inaugurated with a small celebration.
Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge, the favourite to win the Berlin Marathon, duly did so today in wet conditions that effectively ruled out a world record in the German capital.
Slovakia's Peter Sagan became the first rider to win three consecutive men’s elite road race titles at the Road World Championships by triumphing in a sprint finish here in Bergen.
Europe won the inaugural Laver Cup tournament against Team World after Roger Federer won a dramatic clash with Nick Kyrgios in Prague.
Chinese swimmers grabbed another seven medals today to continue their dominance in the short course swimming competition at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Palm trees scattered around the edge of the venue by the departed Hurricane Irma helped distinguish the Florida location of Sarasota-Bradenton, where the 2017 World Rowing Championships got underway today with the first round of heats on the Nathan Benderson Park regatta course.
When Liechtenstein made its Olympic debut at Berlin in 1936 they discovered that the country's flag of two equal horizontal bands of blue on the top and red was identical to that of Haiti. It led to a crown being added to the top left hand corner of Liechtenstein's flag the following year to differentiate it. But it was not until 1976 that it got hoisted at an Olympic medal ceremony when Hanni Wenzel won a bronze in the giant slalom at the Winter Games in Innsbruck.
UEFA – Euro 2020 LOS Liaison Manager - Nyon, Switzerland
To mark the 60th anniversary of the European Football Championship, UEFA EURO 2020 will be organised as a truly pan-European event for the first time.
France's World Rowing Federation President Jean-Christophe Rolland is a relieved man after this week's World Championships in Florida escaped the destruction of Hurricane Irma. But as Mike Rowbottom discovers, he still has some tricky waters to negotiate.
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