Mexico’s 2022 World Games gold medal-winning flag football captain and quarterback Diana Flores has been named the International World Games Association Athlete of the Month for February, and believes the gold medal she won in Birmingham last year could help the sport achieve a place on the Olympic programme for LA 2028.

Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Paulo Wanderley and COB director of communications Paulo Conde have visited the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) headquarters in Lausanne to finalise preparations for the ANOC World Beach Games in Bali and discuss logistics for hotels and training camps at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The Italian Taekwondo Federation (FITA) welcomed a delegation from the Culture and Sports Commission of South Korea.

More than 60 people attended a ju-jitsu refereeing seminar in Iran that aimed to educate participants on how to officiate bouts in the sport.

The United States topped the medal table at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Para Snowboard World Championships, claiming three golds, eight silvers and five bronzes in La Molina.

The Bolivian Sambo Federation has received Government recognition as it prepares for the first Pan American Cadets Youth and Junior Sambo Championships which it is set to host in May.

The visit of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to the Ruhr Political Forum in Essen in his native Germany tomorrow is set to be greeted with further protests against any participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at Paris 2024.

Sir David Higgins, the Queenslander knighted for his work as chief executive of the London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), has expressed alarm over the establishment of a Brisbane 2032 Coordination Office to supervise delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Australian city.

Opposition parties in the French National Assembly are arguing about what they call “draconian” security measures due to be put in place as part of the new Olympic security law which will is due to be voted upon next Tuesday (March 28).

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine has sent a letter to all NOCs and Olympic International Federations calling for the continued suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international sports competitions.

The Paris 2024 Volunteering Programme, which will be accessible on the main Games site from 9am CET tomorrow until May 3, will be open to all - including Russian and Belarusian candidates.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) are negotiating with FIFA and UEFA to retain eligibility to participate in competitions with friendlies already lined up.

Ukraine’s tennis federation and leading players have said any decision by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine to ban them from competing with Russians and Belarusians would lead to "the destruction of Ukrainian tennis".

Birmingham City University (BCU) students are to move into the Alexander Stadium, the centrepiece of last year's Commonwealth Games in the city, after stands are converted for academic use.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) have released a brochure named "Get Started with the new Modern Pentathlon" as athletes prepare for the journey towards the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.