Earlier this week I spoke to Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, in an interview to mark 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics get under way.
The Olympic Federation of Ireland's (OFI) 2017 accounts have revealed legal fees of €349,138 (£300,000/$392,000) in relation to the Rio 2016 ticketing allegations which saw former President Patrick Hickey arrested.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) appears to be anticipating that payments made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to International Sports Federations (IFs) post-Tokyo 2020 will be pitched at around Rio 2016 levels, or very slightly higher.
News earlier this week that authorities in France had issued an arrest warrant for two Russian officials in connection with their investigation into former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President and leading International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Lamine Diack seemed to indicate we are entering the end game of a case that started more than three-and-a-half years ago.
Double Olympic champion James Cracknell and the University of Cambridge crew are fine-tuning their preparations for the traditional Boat Race against Oxford on April 7.
Prosecutors have vowed to prove how several Kenyan officials were guilty of corruption and mismanagement of the team which competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as the trial of six people began this week.
Germany's Olympic rowing gold medallist Maximilian Reinelt has died while skiing in Switzerland aged only 30, it has been announced.
The amount of debt incurred by the Organising Committee of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has risen sharply to over three times the last disclosed figure, a report in Brazil has revealed.
China's two-time taekwondo Olympic gold medallist Wu Jingyu has announced she is planning to make a return to the sport in time for Tokyo 2020 after receiving encouragement from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
I spent part of the recent holiday period engrossed in Gideon Haigh's fascinating biography of Jack Iverson, the Australian cricketer who played a big part in his country's 1950-1951 Ashes victory over England.
A new study has concluded that the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro had positive economic impacts on both the host city and its wider metropolitan area.
Five-time Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin has announced her retirement at the age of just 23, saying she no longer wants to be in pain.
Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Mary Fisher has today announced her retirement from the sport of swimming to focus on further adventures.
Francis Paul Kanyili has stepped down as secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) over corruption cases linked to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Iran’s Saeid Mohammadpour has retrospectively received the gold medal from the notorious men’s 94 kilograms weightlifting event at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
FA - Partnerships Manager, International Relations - London, UK
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park. This new role requires carving out and delivering new engagement programmes across the confederations, using existing experience of working in international football. It requires confidence in working with and for leadership teams, and an ability to think and work strategically, deliver projects overseas and build a network of contacts across the national associations.
The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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