The Hellenic Sailing Federation (HSF) has filed a lawsuit against Olympic windsurfing gold medallist Nikos Kaklamanakis for comments he made in the Greek Parliament.

World Sailing members have voted in favour of holding a virtual Annual General Assembly (AGM) and Presidential election if the meeting cannot go ahead in Abu Dhabi in November due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Olympic bronze medallist Caleb Paine has said he is ending his campaign to qualify for Tokyo 2020 in order to focus on his America’s Cup ambitions after the Games were postponed to 2021.

World Sailing has confirmed it has taken advantage of financial support offered to International Federations by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Irish sailor Aoife Hopkins will not appeal the decision to cut the Irish Olympic trials for the radial event short, despite it ending her dream of competing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. 

World Sailing has improved its Sustainability Education Programme with the launch of the materials in six more languages, having originally been available in English.

Irish Sailing has decided to not reschedule domestic trials for the laser radial contest at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and instead selected Annalise Murphy to compete. 

Gerardo Seeliger has pledged to conduct a forensic "item by item" analysis of World Sailing's expenditure if he is elected President of the organisation later this year.

World Sailing staging a virtual Presidential election later this year has moved a step closer after the Board asked member national associations (MNAs) to vote on a resolution to hold an electronic Annual General Assembly (AGM).

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has paid tribute to the Munich 1972 sailing gold medallist John Cuneo, following his death at the age of 91.

Lucien Cujean and Sébastien Schneiter have been selected by Switzerland in the men's 49er class for the re-arranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while Mateo Sanz Lanz has been named as the country's windsurfing representative.

Britain's sailors are preparing to move to the next stage of training from Monday (June 1) in line with Government guidance issued regarding the return of elite sport.

Gerardo Seeliger, who is set to challenge Kim Andersen for the top job at World Sailing later this year, has called for the Presidential election to be held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Spain’s 11-time freestyle kitesurfing world champion Gisela Pulido says her focus has switched towards speed ahead of kiteboarding’s debut at Paris 2024.