United World Wrestling (UWW) has approved an updated qualification process for the Paris 2024 Olympics which has switched some quota places from the 2023 World Championships to the third event offering spots for the Games, the 2024 World Olympic Qualifiers.

Women's rights group Open Stadiums has called on FIFA to "immediately expel Iran" from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar because of the country's mistreatment of women, amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death. 

Wayne Mitchell has been re-elected as vice-president of Taekwondo Canada, while the organisation has awarded its 2023 National Championships to Toronto.

Hosts Australia fell agonisingly short of making a second appearance in the Women's Basketball World Cup final as they lost a dramatic semi-final 61-59 to seventh seeds China - watched by a crowd of 11,916 at the Sydney SuperDome.

Representatives from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) met with the Colombian Weightlifting Federation (CWF) in Bogotá to discuss preparations for the upcoming and potentially record-breaking World Championships.

The last two places at next year's World Baseball Classic are due to be won in Panama City over the coming days.

Romania has replaced Ukraine as host of the 2023 International Luge Federation (FIL) Congress because of the war in the latter country.

South American and Central American Sambo Championships could soon be on the international calendar, following discussions on the matter at the Congress of the Pan American Sambo Union (UPASA) in Costa Rica.

Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers’ prized seven-foot centre, has kept speculation alive over which country he might represent at the Paris 2024 Olympics after becoming a United States citizen.

Reynaldo Vasquez, the former President of the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT), has been given a 16-month prison sentence in the United States for accepting bribes from television companies in exchange for broadcast rights to El Salvador's matches.

Serbian Dzevad Baltic set a new record for the fastest submission at an International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) European Championships during a day of senior quarter-final fights in Lignano Sabbiadoro.

Thailand whitewashed South Korea to secure a spot in the next round of the Women’s World Volleyball Championship in Gdańsk.

Sir Mo Farah, who has been obliged to withdraw from the TCS London Marathon on Sunday (October 2) because of a hip injury, has set his sights on returning for next year’s event, scheduled to return to its traditional spring timing on April 23.

World Karate Federation (WKF) and European Karate Federation (EKF) President Antonio Espinós attended the Small States of Europe Karate Championships in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, to measure the progress of the sport in these countries.

Hosts Turkey claimed all of the gold medals on the mat on the penultimate day of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Cup Combat Sports here, with seven victories from seven in wrestling.