World Netball President Liz Nicholl was presented with the Arthur Bell Trophy at the Sport and Recreation Alliance's Annual General Meeting.

Defending champions Russia made no mistake in either the men's or women's quarter-finals at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships.

Mostafa Asal beat world number four Tarek Momen in a mammoth battle which lasted almost two hours to reach the final four of the Qatar Classic.

Uzbekistan's sambists were treated to an open top bus after their superb display at the World Youth and Junior Championships in Greece.

Three Tibetan-rights activists who disrupted the lighting of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame have been released from police detention in Greece after appearing in court, it has been confirmed, and have been given a trial date one day before the Opening Ceremony.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the organisation is "certainly not" planning to take football out of the Olympics and remains "a proud part of the Olympic Movement", despite the potential for its flagship men's World Cup to clash with the Summer Games should it be staged every two years.

Beijing 2022 has announced plans for a scaled-back domestic Torch Relay with the Flame now touched down on Chinese soil.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed that next month's Presidential election will be held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tennis players who are not fully vaccinated against coronavirus in time for the Australian Open will be denied entry into the country, it has been confirmed.

Russian volleyball player Dmitriy Muserskiy has been banned for nine months after admitting a doping violation dating back to 2013, but Russia will not be stripped of any titles the athlete helped win.

The FIFA Council has approved a global summit on the international calendar - and principally the proposal to stage World Cups every two years - on December 20.

The American bid to host the men's Rugby World Cup in 2027 or 2031 and the women's edition in 2029 has been officially launched.

Next year's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Thailand have been pushed back to 2023 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been confirmed.

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has mandated that all athletes, coaches and officials heading to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games must be vaccinated against COVID-19.