Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, may have pumped as much as CHF30 million (£24.5 million/$31 million/€29 million) into the International Boxing Association (IBA) under a sponsorship deal agreed last year, insidethegames analysis suggests.

The Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) is to hold a virtual General Assembly on May 17.

FIFA's 14 top managers were paid just over $19 million (£14.5 million/€17.2 million) in 2021 - equivalent to $1.36 million (£1.04 million/€1.23 million) each on average.

Hosts Qatar paid most of the $86.3 million (£65.8 million/€78.1 million) cost of staging the 10th edition of the FIFA Arab Cup last year.

FIFA has become the first major international sports body to publish its financial statements for 2021, disclosing that world football’s governing body made a net loss of $312.2 million (£238.1 million/€282.7 million) on revenue of $766.5 million (£584.7 million/€694 million) for the year immediately preceding the next men’s World Cup - Qatar 2022 - its all-important cash-cow.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the opening of a tender process for the sale of European media rights to the 2026 and 2028 Games.

Duvall Hecht, an Olympic gold medal-winning rower, has died in California aged 91.

The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) has produced an annual report giving details of its financial situation at the end of 2020.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published its 2020 Testing Figures Report, revealing a sharp 46 per cent year-on-year decline - from just over 278,000 to under 150,000 - in the number of samples analysed.

The number of full International Olympic Committee (IOC) members is set to fall by one to 101 as 2021 draws to a close, with Sir Craig Reedie switching to honorary member status.

FIFA is restructuring its sponsorship offer to enable brands to associate themselves specifically with the world governing body’s women’s football and e-sports competitions.

Plans to scrap the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) as soon as next May appear to be running into the sand, with the leadership of the umbrella body’s most numerous stakeholder group claiming that such a timetable would not permit adequate consultation.

The nature of Alibaba’s partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reported to be causing a headache for French authorities, as the countdown to Paris 2024 nears the two-and-a-half years to go mark.

The father of sports marketing has lambasted plans to disband the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), claiming the move can be "nothing but detrimental" to sport.