Botswana's Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development has encouraged citizens to take part in the Botswana National Olympic Committee's (BNOC) running initiative to celebrate Olympic Day.

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and German Football Association (DFB) have started a joint petition calling for amateur sport to be allowed to resume in the country.

With the impending Tokyo 2020 Olympics in mind, the Guam National Olympic Committee has conducted its first virtual team manager course under the Oceania sport education programme.

The Albanian Football Association (FShF) is said to be appealing the recent election of the new President of the Albanian National Olympic Committee (KOKSH) Fidel Ylli to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), claiming irregularities.

Giovanni Malagò has been re-elected as President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) after seeing off two rival candidates in today's vote.

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has launched a social media dashboard to track NOC performance across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) has welcomed the introduction of a travel bubble with New Zealand, which it says will significantly boost its athletes.

Giovanni Malagò faces three challengers as he bids for a third term as President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), when the organisation holds its Presidential election in Milan tomorrow.

Greece has announced a phased reopening of sports facilities across the country for athletes who are due to compete in international competitions over the coming months, including the Olympics and Paralympics, due to the slowing COVID-19 cases.

The President of the Burundi National Olympic Committee (BNOC) Lydia Nsekera has released her manifesto for the Presidency of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), after announcing in March her intention to run for the position.

Former Singapore Athletics (SA) executive director Malik Aljunied has been appointed acting chief executive of the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF), which is working to undo its current suspension by World Taekwondo (WT) and the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC).

The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (LNOC) has held its annual Olympic Education Forum virtually for the first time, with 1,300 people participating in the event.

The Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) General Assembly has unanimously approved the organisation's budget and programmes for 2021.

The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC) has been given 200,000 facemasks by Medtecs Group to help safeguard its athletes from COVID-19 when travelling for international competitions.