Japanese snowboarders topped the men’s and women’s snowboard halfpipe qualifying standings at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Snowboard World Cup at Mammoth Mountain.

Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas says he believes "drivers should be allowed to say what they want" after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) banned political or religious statements in the build-up to the 2023 season.

Reports that President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will watch a match at the World Baseball Classic between their respective countries have been denied by South Korea’s Foreign Ministry.

Cycling Ireland has invited athletes to express an interest in being included as part of a longlist for the 2023 European Games.

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host of the 2027 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup for the first time.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has said it will take no disciplinary action against Germany’s Alexander Zverev after investigating allegations of domestic abuse by the current Olympic men’s singles champion.

The first event of the Guardian Girls Global Karate Project has taken place in Cairo, Egypt, alongside the Karate 1-Premier League in the city.

The FIFA Museum enjoyed a new visitor record in 2022, with 400,000 people from around the world attending its site in Zurich, Switzerland, and its international exhibitions.

The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (LNOC) has launched New Miracle, a project designed to find and train the female sports leaders of the future.

Football fans across Britain are being encouraged to take climate-friendly actions in the countdown to Green Football Weekend, scheduled to be held from February 3 to 5.

Former snowboard halfpipe world champion Kyle Smaine has died aged 31, after being caught up in an avalanche on the slopes of Mount Habuka Norikura in Nagano Prefecture in Japan.

Marco Odermatt of Switzerland won his second International Ski and Snowboard Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup in the super-G discipline in as many days at Cortina D’Ampezzo in Italy.

Austria’s Johannes Lamparter claimed his second victory in as many days at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld.

Novak Djokovic’s return to Melbourne Park, a year on from his deportation from Australia, ended in success as he claimed a record tenth Australian Open men’s singles title with a straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas.