The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) have launched an athlete development initiative which they claim will be "the starting blocks" for helping identify talent in the future.

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Oceania director Amanda Jenkins has predicted that  basketball and 3x3 competitions at the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands will provide "very high quality and the very best event possible."

Santiago 2023 executive director Gianna Cunazza has called on organisers to "plan with anticipation for possible crises" during the Pan American Games.

Ghana's Youth and Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif has insisted that a cadet fencing tournament scheduled for Accra next month will help select the Ghanaian team for the African Games in August.

A new world champion is set to be crowned in Astana, Kazakhstan, after the city was confirmed as host for the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Championship match in April.

The Paris 2024 venue for badminton, Para badminton, rhythmic gymnastics and Para weightlifting is now set to be completed in January 2024, months later than originally planned.

Former UEFA President Michel Platini is believed to have filed a complaint with the French authorities after his computer was hacked as part of a spying operation, which has prompted Paris police cyber crime units to launch three separate investigations.

Former diver Katura Horton-Perinchief has been appointed as Bermuda’s Chef de Mission for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it "is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Ukrainian figure skater Dymtro Sharpar", who was killed aged 25 during fighting in Bakhmut, a city in the Donbass region in the East of the country.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have insisted that their bid for inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is still on course.

A museum which records the story of both the 2008 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing has been described as "uniquely placed to advocate the Olympic spirit," 

Russian lawyers are examining a Court of Arbitration (CAS) judgement handed down to the Russian Football Union (RFU) to decide whether they will make a final appeal against it to the Supreme Court of Switzerland.

Australia’s Adam Scott has admitted it would be "unfortunate" if The Open champion Cameron Smith missed next year's Olympic Games, but claimed he had no sympathy for him and other rebels who have joined the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf tour.

Luann Ryon of United States, the 1976 Olympic women’s archery gold medallist, has died at the age of 69.