World Taekwondo has confirmed the appointment of Inseon Kim as the organisation’s Technical Commission chair until the end of the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi.

The dominant Japanese women's baseball team has announced its roster for the upcoming World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup, as the nation looks to win a seventh title in a row.

Nijat Rahimov, a gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, is one of the first two weightlifters ever to be charged with a doping offence for allegedly swapping urine samples.

Norway’s world chess champion Magnus Carlsen has been named as the world’s highest-earning esports player of 2020 after successfully turning his hand at gaming during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cape Verde announced their withdrawal from the International Handball Federation (IHF) World Men’s Handball Championship as the tournament reached its sixth day of group stage action.

Morocco started the defence of their African Nations Championship title with a 1-0 win over Togo today, as action got underway in Group C.

England’s Mark Dawes and Jamie Chestney dramatically claimed the first titles awarded at this year’s World Indoor Bowls Championships as they won the open pairs final in the deciding end of a tie-break set.

Laax in Switzerland is set to stage the first halfpipe and slopestyle competitions of the International Ski Federation Snowboard World Cup season.

The Organising Committee of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) World Ski Orienteering Championships have received permission to host the competition next month in Estonia following COVID-19 concerns.

International Floorball Federation (IFF) has confirmed the participants for the Men’s Under-19 World Floorball Championships, after the governing body were forced to cancel remaining qualification events due to coronavirus.

Spain's Carolina Marin and Denmark's Viktor Axelsen head into the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Toyota Thailand Open off the back of title wins in the singles at the Yonex Thailand Open, and will be looking for similar performances at the second bubble event in Bangkok.

Canada's BKT Tires, in partnership with OK Tire, have been named as the official title sponsors of the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship, set to take place in Calgary in the province of Alberta.

The popular Formula One Virtual Grand Prix series is set to return for 2021 as part of a three-race esports competition and a charity prize fund up for grabs for the 10 teams involved.

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed it has taken the "unavoidable" decision to remove Belarus as a co-host of the Men's World Championship, citing safety and security issues.