Japan's home favourites Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara claimed the first gold medals of the International Skating Union World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, collecting the pairs title.

Azerbaijan hopes to match or better its medal-winning performance at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics when it takes part at Paris 2024 next year.

African Taekwondo Union (AFTU) President Issaka Ide has congratulated Egypt for hosting three tournaments during February.

Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) USA has announced it will hold a Youth Nationals event in Little Rock.

ParalympicsGB and Toyota have announced the launch of the "Every Body Moves" initiative, which encourages disabled people to become active.

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping released a statement welcoming the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) move to allow Russians to compete as neutrals after meeting in Moscow.

The application portal for volunteers at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has officially opened with a total of approximately 45,000 needed in order to stage the events.

International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev has pledged to leave a "game-changing legacy" for the development of women’s boxing here as his organisation prepares to stage its Women and Sport Conference.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus has spoken of receiving "hate" at major tennis tournaments because of her country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Zane Robertson, a distance runner for New Zealand, has been banned for eight years after testing positive for EPO and submitting false documents in his defence.

Toruń has been awarded the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships by the World Athletics Council.

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay are reportedly considering reducing the number of Torches produced for the event, for sustainability reasons. 

A newspaper poll has found that support in the host city for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics might have begun to dip.

Italy's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, has made a last minute plea in favour of Turin and Piedmont staging speed skating events at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Russia is set to send a team of 48 athletes to this year's Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) Games in Venezuela.