The World Athletics Council has today banned transgender athletes from women's competition, altered DSD athlete regulations, reinstated the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) following seven years of suspension - and retained the ban on  Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials.

Mark Egan, the former competitions director of World Rugby, underlined the importance of developing a robust competitions framework when he addressed the Board of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) in London.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has confirmed that the fluor wax ban will be fully implemented at the start of the upcoming 2023-2024 winter season.

Details of the new two-stage Softball World Cups have been announced by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

Azerbaijan hopes to match or better its medal-winning performance at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics when it takes part at Paris 2024 next year.

Toruń has been awarded the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships by the World Athletics Council.

Kéné Ndoye, who won Senegal's first world indoor athletics medal when she earned bronze in the women's triple jump at the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, has died aged 44.

Italy's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, has made a last minute plea in favour of Turin and Piedmont staging speed skating events at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Victoria's main homeless body says regional areas set to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games will see a sharp increase in people sleeping rough, unless a critical programme is provided with urgent funding.

Record Olympic medal winner Michael Phelps and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry are among those to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

The Paris 2024 Volunteering Programme, which will be accessible on the main Games site from 9am CET tomorrow until May 3, will be open to all - including Russian and Belarusian candidates.

Ukraine’s tennis federation and leading players have said any decision by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine to ban them from competing with Russians and Belarusians would lead to "the destruction of Ukrainian tennis".

Colombian flying disc athlete Valeria Cardenas secured the title of International World Games Association (IWGA) Athlete of The Year 2022 with a late burst of votes.

Japan's Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto are set to defend their titles on their home ice of Saitama as the 2023 International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships is due to start tomorrow.