Officials from Pyeongchang 2018, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 have met in South Korea for the first time to discuss advancing the vision of the Olympic Movement in Asia.

Norwegian youngster Jarl Riiber upset the odds as he ended the winning streak of Germany’s Eric Frenzel with victory on home snow at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup event in Oslo.

Double world champion Angela Ballard delighted the home crowd at the opening International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix event of the season as she secured three gold medals on the first day in Canberra.

Olympic silver medallist Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway finally got his hands on victory at his home International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup event in Holmenkollen as he powered to gold in the men’s 50 kilometres event today.

Current Series leaders South Africa, defending champions Fiji and England progressed to the quarter-finals of the Sydney Sevens event with 100 per cent records after they all secured three victories on the opening day at the Allianz Stadium.

Pyeongchang 2018 have received widespread praise from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following the conclusion of the opening day of the first of 28 test events for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre.

Governance reforms to help rebuild the reputation of corruption plagued FIFA could make the situation surrounding world football’s governing body worse, the world players’ union FIFPro has claimed.

This year's Laureus World Sports Awards will be held in Germany for the first time after Berlin was confirmed as the host city for the ceremony.

Ukraine's Olena Pidhrushna secured her first individual International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory since taking a break from the sport as she powered to gold in the women’s 7.5 kilometres sprint race in Canmore in Canada today.

World Minigolf Federation (WMF) have awarded two of this year's Continental Championships to Portugal and Japan, it has been announced following a meeting in Prague.

Russia’s Ivan Frantsev, Austria's Markus Salcher and South Korean Sang Min Han ensured they finished the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Europa Cup event in Stara Planina with a hat-trick of golds as they all claimed two victories on the final day of competition.

Turkey were the dominant nation on the opening day of the European Karate Federation (EKF) Junior, Cadet and under-21 Championships as they claimed a haul of seven gold medals in Limassol in Cyprus.

Lillehammer 2016 head of marketing and communication Magne Vikoren has told those attending this month's Winter Youth Olympic Games to expect a range of “surprises on and off the field of play” during the event.

FIFA Presidential candidate Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa has been given a major boost to his campaign for the top job at world football’s governing body after he was promised the backing of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) today.