Lausanne will host the first edition of the World Archery Masters Championships in August of this year, it has been announced.

Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) President Kenneth Fok has welcomed the Olympic Movement’s conclusion that competitive esports "could be considered as a sporting activity".

The 2024 host city vote was to have been the crowning moment of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Lima. Now that it has been agreed that Paris and Los Angeles will stage the next two Games, the Peruvians may well feel that someone has stolen their thunder.

Switzerland has a privileged position in the world of sport. Its favourable tax rules and neutrality have helped to make it a remarkably popular location for international sports organisations. 

“The French people are ready” is the message the country’s new President Emmanuel Macron told International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Lausanne today - emphasising that they could “count on” him even if he no longer occupied his present post in 2024.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ought to give its Ethics Commission more independence to investigate cases of ethical misconduct.

Representatives from the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC) have met with International Equestrian Federation (FEI) President Ingmar de Vos for a formal discussion on "discipline specific matters".

Sergei Portugalov, the former head of the Russian Athletics Federation's (RUSAF) Medical Commission, has today been banned for life for his role in providing illicit substances to the country's athletes.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has officially opened the World Archery Excellence Centre - a state-of-the-art sports facility dedicated to the development of the sport - in Lausanne.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Eventing Risk Management Steering Group has held its first meeting in Lausanne, a little over a month after a young international event rider suffered a fatal accident while competing at the Ratomka Horse Trials in Minsk.

A comprehensive programme focused on the latest sport trends and research was promised as the third edition of the Smart Cities & Sport Summit was officially opened here this evening.

Kendra Harrison of the United States, who broke the 28-year-old world 100 metres hurdles record of 12.21sec in London last month with a time of 12.20 after failing to qualify in the US Olympic Track and Field trials, offered evidence of what Rio missed tonight as she defeated a strong field in 12.42 at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.

The newly-appointed director of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in Lausanne has called here today for medical doctors to be more aware of anti-doping regulations, citing the situation surrounding banned substance meldonium as an example of what can happen when they do not.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) Grand Final will be held in Olympic capital Lausanne in 2019, it has been announced.

The 2017 SportAccord Convention will take place in Aarhus in Denmark, it was announced here today.