The World Karate Federation (WKF) has released a video titled "Karate in Times of Coronavirus" to inform the sport's community of what measures need to be taken to ensure karate's safe return.

Young boxer Justis Huni is looking to win a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for Australia, insists his promoter, as Huni prepares to be one of the few professional boxers at the Games.

Qatari capital Doha is to stage two World Table Tennis (WTT) events in March, as WTT pursues a hub concept in light of the coronavirus pandemic and utilises a time window vacated by the cancellation of the team World Championships.

Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will not compete at the 2021 Australian Open, having not fully recovered from knee surgery.

Olympic triple jump bronze medallist Denis Kapustin is the favourite to become the new national coach for long jump and triple jump in India.

Host towns for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have expressed concern over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with communities across the country that had been expecting to welcome foreign teams for training camps ahead of the Games left in limbo.

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) is aiming to make sport a welcoming environment for all through the creation of event-inclusion management positions for people with impairments.

The Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) has launched the Nepali Sports Digital Archive Project, an effort to preserve the history of sport in the country.

Canada and Finland each made it two wins from two at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship at Rogers Place in Edmonton, with victories over Slovakia and Switzerland respectively.

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) Technical Committee has launched an Emeritus referee recognition programme.

Back-to-back Olympic champion Andy Murray has been awarded a wild-card spot for the 2021 Australian Open.

The Netherlands' Lucinda Brand made it three wins from three in the 2020-2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) Cyclo-cross World Cup season, claiming gold in Dendermonde in Belgium.

The Indian Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has laid the foundation stone for six squash courts at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, home to the Indian hockey team.

The Japanese Government has announced that foreign travellers will not be permitted to enter the country until at least the end of January due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the nation due to host the next Olympics and Paralympics.