Australia today qualified for their first Olympic men's football tournament for 12 years with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Uzbekistan in the third place playoff at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championships in Bangkok.
UK Athletics has appointed former Premier League general secretary Nic Coward as its interim chief executive after Zara Hyde Peters failed to take up the post following allegations about her husband.
NBC Olympics has extended its partnership with Snapchat for this year's Olympics and Paralympic Games after previously working together for Rio 2016 and Pyeongchang 2018.
Team GB have appointed two artists-in-residence for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Slovenia made table tennis history today, qualifying for the Olympic Games team event for the first time, at the International Table Tennis Federation World Qualification Tournament in Gondomar in Portugal.
Hosts France will be represented in two of the finals determined on day one of the season-opening Karate 1-Premier League event in Paris.
Tokyo marked six months until the start of the 2020 Olympic Games with a fireworks display and the first lighting of the Olympic rings monument, recently installed at Odaiba Marine Park.
Late-night train services will be offered to locals who attend this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
A series of events have been held in Japan to familiarise potential fans with karate, as the sport prepares to make its Olympic bow this summer.
Japan's official uniforms for the Opening Ceremonies of both the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been unveiled.
The new Karate 1-Premier League season is set to begin tomorrow in Paris, where coveted points towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympic standings are at stake.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games champions Brazil made it two victories from two at the South American Football Confederation Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia.
South Korea and Saudi Arabia qualified for the men's Olympic tournament at Tokyo 2020, after both won their semi-final clashes today at the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 Championship.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) Interim President Mohamed Moustahsane has claimed he could stay in the position beyond the expiry of his mandate if the Member Federations vote in favour of an extension in March.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has said this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will mark a new era for the host nation.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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