Hungarian Government officials have said Budapest's bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been withdrawn.

A new initiative aimed at encouraging sports participation among young students from Paris has been launched in line with the French capital’s legacy plans for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set up a recycling bin for old electronic devices, so the metal can be used in medals for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan's capital.

Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (A-NOC) Acting President Mahmod Hanif has called upon the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to recognise his position. 

The volunteer application process for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast is due to close on March 20, organisers have announced.

Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) President Zsolt Borkai has claimed the activities of the political movement against Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been "met with surprise" by International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach.

A FIFA delegation is due to make its fifth operational tour of stadiums for the 2018 World Cup in Russia next week.

The main venue for the 2017 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships opened its doors to a selection of star-studded home athletes here today.

Budapest 2024 chairman Balázs Furjes claimed here today that a final decision on whether the Hungarian capital's bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games will continue is still a few weeks away.

Brazil’s Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal-winning coach Rogério Micale has been sacked after he failed to guide the country to qualification for this year’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Chennai has won the rights to host the 2018 World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Championships, marking the third time since 2002 that India will have staged the event.

South Korea has offered its support to the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation’s (TFN) push for medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by organising classes in the sport for both adults and children. 

Budapest 2024 chairman Balázs Furjes has admitted the Hungarian capital has likely lost its opportunity to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games after a political movement gathered more than 250,000 signatures to trigger a referendum on it.

A search has been launched by the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) for a Chef de Mission search for the 2018 African Youth Games and Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG).