The law firm Irwin Mitchell has extended its support of Cerebral Palsy Sport (CP Sport) in Britain to include virtual events held up until next summer.

Tymur Samedov, Ukraine's bronze medallist in the men's over-88-kilogram division, has praised organisers of the World Beach Sambo Championships in Larnaca for running the event "at the highest level."

New scooter world champions are to be crowned by World Skate in Barcelona this weekend.

World number one Ali Farag progressed to the quarter-finals of the Oracle Netsuite Open after getting the better of Omar Mosaad in San Francisco.

Defending champions Argentina and five-time winners Brazil are both safely through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) will require all athletes, employees and contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 1 - and its entire delegation for Beijing 2022 must be inoculated against the virus.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued a warning to Pakistan over Government interference in its National Olympic Committee (NOC) amid a dispute stemming from the country's appearance at Tokyo 2020.

Madrid's Mayor has dismissed a claim made by his Deputy that the city is launching a bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympics - but has met with the head of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) to discuss staging the Games in the future.

Plans have been approved for the volunteer and Torch Relay programmes in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Rwanda looks set to become the first African nation to stage the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships in 2025.

Finnish Ice Hockey Association (FIHA) President Harry Nummela believes the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council needs to be governed by countries that have "strong positions" within the sport.

Denmark is set to stage the first International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Championship to be held in the same year as the Winter Olympics when it plays host in 2022.

Russia’s Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has been praised for adopting a strong stance against doping in the country.

Beijing 2022 organisers have unveiled official posters which will be used to promote the Winter Olympics in the four months before the Games begin.