Gold Coast 2018 champions Kathryn Mitchell and Brandon Starc are among 53 names added to the Australian athletics team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, bringing the total to 85, including 16 Para athletes.

Sports Ministers from 35 nations, including 25 in the European Union (EU) as well as Japan and the United States, are calling on International Federations (IFs) to suspend their members from Russia and Belarus because of the war in Ukraine.

Aragon President Javier Lambán has claimed that the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) was an acting as ally to the Catalan independence movement through its perceived bias towards the region during the ill-fated Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 bid process.

Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart is to join the Brisbane 2032 Board of Directors, taking the place vacated by Karen Williams who quit amid a drink-driving storm.

Banned gymnast Ivan Kuliak is set to miss the domestic Cup of Russia in Kaluga, with a fear of sanctions being levied against the Russian Gymnastics Federation blamed for his absence.

The panel for an independent review into the ticketing chaos which marred the UEFA Champions League final at Paris 2024 venue the Stade de France has been finalised, with the full findings due to be published in November.

International Swimming Federation (FINA) Bureau member Andrey Kryukov has lauded the implementation of the video assistant referee (VAR) system in water polo at the World Championships here.

Östersund in Sweden is set to host the European Curling Championships from November 19 to 26, replacing the Russian city of Perm which was stripped of the rights over the war in Ukraine.

Russian Olympic ice hockey medallist Ivan Fedotov has been hospitalised, according to his lawyer, after being detained by authorities for allegedly shunning military service, which would have seen him deployed to Ukraine for the ongoing war.

Ukraine's London 2012 4x400 metres bronze medallist Anna Ryzhykova and Ugandan 800m world champion Halimah Nakaayi are among 12 nominations for six available places on the World Athletics Athletes’ Commission.

World number one Iga Świątek has been knocked out of the women's singles at Wimbledon, after French player Alizé Cornet ended her unbeaten streak at 37 matches.

Fabio Jakobsen of The Netherlands timed his sprint to perfection, pipping Belgium's Wout van Aert and Denmark's Mads Pedersen on the line to claim the second stage of this year's Tour de France here.

A giant painting of Chris Anker Sørensen has been displayed on a football pitch as a tribute to the late Danish rider during this year’s Tour de France.

Funa Nakayama was top of the women's standings again after finishing first in the quarter-finals, making her the skater to beat in tomorrow's final at the World Street Skateboarding Pro Tour event in Rome.