Former winners Greg Harlow and David Gourlay were among the winners as the open singles matches continued at the World Indoor Bowls Championships at Potters Leisure Resort in Great Yarmouth, England.

The annual Japanese Sambo Championships, is still set to be held in Tokyo on February 7, despite the state of emergency declared in the city due to COVID-19.

Senegalese capital Dakar is set to stage the first International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) National Challenger Series event of 2021.

Past champions Stewart Anderson and Paul Foster both won their opening matches at the World Indoor Bowls Championships.

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) reports that its "#worldconnected" series attracted more than 500,000 viewers - a demonstration of its capability for "drawing the world’s esports community together", according to President Chris Chan.

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has announced a three-round calendar for the 2022 IOF World Cup.

The 2021 Formula One season is set for a delayed start following the postponement of the opening race in Australia over COVID-19 restrictions.

Fifth seed Les Gillet is out of the World Indoor Bowls Championships after defeat to Perry Martin in round one of the open singles, but past winner Mark Dawes is through.

Combat sambo under-74-kilogram world champion Vladislav Rudniev and women's under-64kg world champion Anastasia Shevchenko have been named Ukraine's top sambists for 2020.

The International Bowling Federation (IBF) has signed an agreement with American-based intelligent communications platform Spark Compass.

England’s Simon Skelton was victorious in the first match in the open singles competition at the World Indoor Bowls Championships today.

Organisers of the 2022 Men's World Floorball Championship in Zurich and Winterthur have teamed up with Myclimate to ensure a carbon neutral event.

Chinese property company SuperGen Group has begun the construction of an esports centre in Shanghai’s Minhang District.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the international sambo calendar, with this month's European Sambo Cup in Romania having to be postponed.