Reigning champions New Zealand are due to finally begin their title defence of the women's Rugby World Cup tomorrow on home territory in Aotearoa with England, France and Canada among the candidates to dethrone them.

China won a five-set thriller against the Netherlands as pool action continued at the Women’s Volleyball World Championship.

World Archery has announced that athletes will receive non-fungible token (NFT) trophies during this year’s virtual World Archery awards.

Olympic bronze medallists Hong Kong suffered a shock exit in the women's quarter-finals after losing in a five-match thriller to Germany at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu, while the first knockout round concluded in the men's event.

An indoor course based on American-hit television show Ninja Warrior is set to be used for the International Modern Pentathlon Union’s (UIPM) fourth and final test event for obstacle racing here.

Latvian and British officials have led protestations to Russian presence on International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Committees by resigning from their roles.

The Swedish Boxing Federation and Finnish Boxing Federation have confirmed they will boycott events where Russian and Belarusian fighters are present.

Japan got off to the perfect start at the Judo World Championships here in Tashkent as Natsumi Tsunoda and Naohisa Takato secured both gold medals available on the opening day of competition.

Serbian taekwondo expert Dragan Jović led a training camp for athletes in Tunisia.

Åge Skinstad has been appointed manager of the 2025 Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim.

A new "strategic alliance" between LIV Golf and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Tour will not result in this week's LIV event in Thailand offering Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, contrary the Saudi-backed promotion's claim.

Professor Richard McLaren has confirmed the integrity of the International Boxing Association (IBA)’s Extraordinary Congress, held in Armenia last month, in a letter to the governing body's secretary general George Yerolimpos.

A new athletics track has been opened at the Stade Municipal Georges-Lefèvre Stadium, which is where Britain plan to be based for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Petra Sörling has appointed Chinese official Liu Guoliang as Deputy President of the worldwide governing body.