The World Rowing Federation (FISA) is aiming to stage next year’s Olympic regatta in Tokyo without motorboats on the water while crews are racing.

International Federations in professional and semi-professional sports are going to have to adapt to greater demands from the athletes, a very prominent International Olympic Committee member has told insidethegames.

New Zealand Rugby, the organisation behind the All Blacks, the sport’s most revered brand, has reported a small loss of NZ$1.86 million ($1.24 million/£956,000/€1.11 million) for the 2018 financial year.

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.

The winners of this year's Women’s World Cup in France will get prize money of $4 million (£3 million/€3.5 million), just over one-tenth of the $38 million (£28.8 million/€33.5 million) which the French team received for winning last year's men's tournament. 

FIFA's bosses received aggregate remuneration of a combined $4.12 million (£3.1 million/€3.63 million) in 2018, according to a newly-published governance report from the world football governing body.

The newly-published 2018 FIFA financial report shows that efootball provided a welcome and significant windfall for the world governing body as it battled to counter the impact on its business of the reputational issues that engulfed it as the Sepp Blatter era drew to a tumultuous close.

FIFA's Club Protection Programme (CPP), an insurance scheme that compensates football clubs when players they employ are injured on international duty, will apply at the Tokyo 2020 men's and women's Olympic football tournaments.

The Great Britain Olympic team at the Tokyo 2020 Games may enter history as the first to contain more women than men.

The new International Swimming League (ISL) will have a first-year budget of some $20 million (£15 million/€17.5 million), according to the Ukrainian businessman who is the source of its financial backing.

Adam Peaty has been confirmed as a key member of a London swimming team which will compete in the inaugural season of the privately-financed International Swimming League (ISL).

The unusual weather patterns experienced by parts of California in recent years have taken their toll on the 1984 Olympic rowing venue.

The Executive Committee of World Rowing has agreed to allow joint crews from North and South Korea to try to qualify for Tokyo 2020 in a number of events. 

The rowing competition at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles may be switched to the Long Beach Marine Stadium, which hosted the sport at the 1932 Games in the Californian city.