A Qatari sheikh is one of two show jumpers from the country to have failed a drugs test for cannabis, with the national team's Tokyo 2020 Olympic place now under threat.
A mythical creature has been revealed as the mascot of the Lucerne 2021 Winter University Games.
Australian Open organisers should consider moving the tournament to March or November, a climate change lobby group has warned.
FIFA and the World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar have presented the first-ever joint FIFA Word Cup Sustainability Strategy.
Italian ski resort Sestriere will bid to host the 2029 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships, it has been announced.
The reigning Wimbledon doubles champion Robert Farah has officially been provisionally suspended for doping, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed.
Ai Ueda of Japan has joined the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Executive Board as the second representative of the Athletes collective.
Five major Tokyo-based private television networks will reportedly take turns broadcasting daily coverage of this year's Olympic Games in the Japanese capital.
Riyadh will host the final of the 2020 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour.
British cyclist Geraint Thomas revealed his aim to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games road race just a week after participating in the Tour de France.
An Olympic gold medal won by Steve Christoff, a member of the United States ice hockey team that stunned the Soviet Union at Lake Placid 1980, a victory dubbed the "Miracle on Ice", has been put up for auction.
The International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athletes' Council has launched its first online resources, aimed at helping current and future athlete representatives have an effective voice in the Paralympic Movement.
Africa Sports Ventures Group (ASVG) and the Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Collegiate Sports League for all disciplines across the continent.
Estate agent Purplebricks is launching a new creative campaign for this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, featuring a number of Britain's finest athletes.
Australian snowboarder Ben Tudhope has been named International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for December.
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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