Scotland's David Murdoch, Britain’s two-time world champion and Olympic silver-medal-winning skip, will become Curling Canada’s high performance director after the 2022-2023 season, it has been announced.

Mikaela Shiffrin and Marco Odermatt will be the ones to watch in a unique 47th edition of the Alpine Ski World Championships which start tomorrow (February 6) in the French Alps and continue until February 19.

The first meeting has taken place in Rome of a steering committee assembled under the direction of the Italian Government to oversee preparations and organisation of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games. 

The International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) Council has approved full membership status for the Ukrainian Mountaineering and Climbing Federation so that their athletes can be ranked in official competitions during the 2022-23 season.

Poland has made history in Belgrade by winning the first Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities.

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) has announced a €200,000 (£180,000/$216,500) discretionary fund for its member sports to support preparations for events such as the 2023 European Games, Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

The World Triathlon Multisport Championships will take place in Australia for the first time when the 2024 edition is held at Townsville in North Queensland from August 15 to 25, organisers have announced.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has expressed "outrage" at South African Tourism's (SAT) proposed R1-billion (£47.5million/$57.2million/€53million) deal with Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur.

Nick Kyrgios has had an assault charge dismissed by a magistrate after he pleaded guilty to shoving over his former girlfriend in 2021.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Observer team has praised the drug testing programme operated at Birmingham 2022 in a newly published official report. 

Two of England's Birmingham 2022 lawn bowls medallists returned to the Commonwealth Games venue six months on to unveil a wooden plaque to Warwick District Council.

Elizabeth Anyanacho, who two years ago became only the second Nigerian women's taekwondo athlete to compete at the Olympics, is hoping this year's African Games in Ghana will springboard her Paris 2024 challenge.

Gerhard Milletich, who took over as President of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) in October 2021, has resigned following allegations of a conflict of interest.

Motorsport UK’s coveted 2023 Environmental Award has been awarded to Silverstone, in recognition of the world-famous venue's industry-leading "Shift to Zero" campaign that will propel its journey to net zero, it is claimed.