Ethiopian middle-distance runner Miruts Yifter, a double Olympic champion at the 1980 Games in Moscow, has died in Toronto at the age of 72.

Goalball UK has been awarded £1.3 million ($1.6 million/€1.5 million) from Sport England in order to continue what it describes as "the remarkable progress being made in grassroots participation".

Andrew Randell has been appointed men’s senior coach at Rowing Australia, where he will be hoping to make the most of his experience of mentoring many crews to World Championship and World Cup successes.

The director of THG Sports, one of two agencies at the centre of the controversy over alleged illegal ticket sales at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, has returned to Ireland according to his lawyer.

Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation (CBDA) President Coaracy Nunes has been fined BRL$20,000 (£5,000/$6,100/€5,800) by the Court of Audit of the Union (TCU) for improper application of funds.

Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Artur Aleksanyan has been named Armenia’s athlete of the year for the third time in a row.

Austrian town Semmering will host an additional women’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup giant slalom next week, following the cancellation of the race in French resort Courchevel on Tuesday (December 20).

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and sportscotland have announced a £15 million ($18.5 million/€17.7 million) ‎joint-funding agreement to start in 2017.

Indonesia’s two Olympic silver medal-winning weightlifters from Rio 2016 have been awarded free houses by their national governing body.

Germany’s Heidi Zacher and Slovenia’s Filip Flisar won the respective men’s and women’s races at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Cross World Cup in Italian town Innichen, repeating their victories from yesterday.

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has set the target of being in the top three nations in terms of fighters qualified for Tokyo 2020 after publishing its strategic plan for the next Olympic cycle.

Australia half-back Cooper Cronk has been named the winner of the 2016 Rugby League World Golden Boot.

The draft pick for Season VII of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) has been held in Lausanne, giving the franchises a chance to recruit some additional talent in their pursuit of glory.

The coach that guided Fiji’s rugby sevens team to Olympic gold at Rio 2016 has said the squad should split from the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) in order to ensure they are properly managed.