In September, the World Curling Federation (WCF) will have a new face as their President, with the 12-year reign of Kate Caithness set to come to an end.

Morinari Watanabe has enjoyed much success since being elected as President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in October 2016 - but the jury remains out on his parkour initiative of 2017.

It is now 30 years since an Olympic gold medal became the ultimate prize in badminton, yet the All England Open Badminton Championships - the oldest tournament in the sport - retains its own special place.

Ragnhild Myklebust, named last month as one of the first two Para-athletes to earn the PLY post-nominal letters after their name, did not let this inhibit her comment on the governing body’s volte face over allowing Russian and Belarus athletes to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Tomorrow marks the 50^th anniversary of the signing of the Shanghai Communique in which the United States and China pledged to work towards the normalisation of relations following the strange but effective table tennis initiative that has come to be known as Ping Pong Diplomacy.

Fifty years ago this week, the Scottish rugby union team refused to travel to Dublin to play a match in the Five Nations Championship after some players received death threats.

Figure skating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is currently convulsed with the case of the Russian Olympic Committee's 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, whose eligibility to compete in the women's event is due to be determined by a Court of Arbitration for Sport panel tomorrow.

The first question to be asked about the women's ice hockey competition now underway at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is an all-too-familiar one: will gold go to the United States or to Canada?

There was a spot of good news for British curling shortly before the 2006 Winter Olympics - and it was only 82 years late.

They waved Serbian flags and chanted his name at Belgrade Airport earlier this week as Novak Djokovic returned to his homeland from Australia. The will he, won't he lasted almost a fortnight before an Australian court revoked the world number one's visa.

The sporting year of 2022 seems destined to be defined by events which will bring both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and FIFA under intense scrutiny over their relationships with host nations.

Imagine a future world for weightlifting where athletes are the centre of attention on a completely different level. The walls have gone and the warm-up and back-room decisions on the next lift are out in the open, part of a vibrant show watched by thousands of spectators.

On this day in 1879, Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth dismissed three English batsmen with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to complete Test cricket's first "hat-trick".

Unlike so many other recent International Federation elections, the one which saw Morinari Watanabe re-elected as President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) last month involved a proper contest. 

Almost 40 years after successfully defending the Olympic 1500 metres title at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Sebastian Coe flew back to that city having attended the Tokyo 2020 Games.