Hong Kong has won the rights to host the 2017 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Ocean Racing World Championships.

The canoe slalom venue for the Rio 2016 Olympics has played host to the sport’s annual Pan American and South American Championships in what is seen as the start of the post-Games legacy.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has vowed to "start considering venues" after she visited the controversial Naganuma rowing course in Tome, which could replace the facility put forward by organisers of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games amid fears of a ballooning budget.

International Canoe Federation (ICF) secretary general Simon Toulson has dismissed suggestions that events in the sport at Tokyo 2020 should be staged at the same venue as for the 1964 Olympics following a request from the Japan Canoe Federation (JCF).

London 2012 Olympic gold medallist Alexander Dyachenko is one of two Russians to have reportedly been banned from competition by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) for doping.

Moldova's only Olympic medallist, canoeist Serghei Tarnovschi, faces losing his bronze medal after it was revealed he had failed a drugs test.

Edina Mueller continued her superb season by silencing the home supporters and claiming victory at the European Paracanoeing Championships in Moscow today.

Jakub Grigar and Matej Beňuš were among the heat winners today as the second International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup got underway in La Seu d'Urgell.

"Concern" has been expressed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) after the emergence of major meldonium doping scandals within both the Belarus and Romania sprint teams.

Germany claimed three gold medals on the opening day of finals at the Canoe Sprint World Cup leg in Racice today as Sebastian Brendel continued his dominant streak in the C1 1000m event.

Germany's Sebastian Brendel claimed gold in dramatic circumstances as finals action began at the Canoe Sprint World Cup in Duisburg as his Brazilian rival Isaquias Queiroz Dos Santos ended up falling in the water.

New Zealand superstar and home hope Sebastian Brendel were among defending champions to successfully open their Olympic seasons in good form at the Canoe Sprint World Cup in Duisberg today.

A competition to find designs for new slalom gates has been launched by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), who are offering two cash prizes of €3,000 (£2,400/$3,400) for the winners.

Rio 2016 have scrapped plans for a 4,000-seater floating grandstand at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas rowing and canoe sprint venue ahead of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games, organisers have confirmed.

French legend Tony Estanguet has praised the "beautiful" Olympic canoe slalom venue in Deodoro along with Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman and the city's Mayor Eduardo Paes.