FIFA has provided Swiss prosecutors access to the emails of the organisation's suspended secretary general Jerome Valcke, who is under investigation for his alleged involvement in a black market ticket scheme. 

Fernando Romero Mazzeo, the former President of Venezuelan Olympic Committee (VOC), has died aged 81 after suffering a heart attack.

Defending champions New Zealand made it two wins out of two in the Rugby World Cup thanks to a convincing 58-14 victory against minnows Namibia at the Olympic Stadium in London.

French journalist Anthony Diao put his writing skills to one side to claim a silver medal in the M2 men’s under 100 kilogram category on the fourth and final day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Veteran World Championships in Amsterdam.

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and professional services network Deloitte have launched a high performance athlete wellness and transition programme designed to give Canadian athletes new tools to pursue excellence during and beyond their sporting careers.

Los Angeles officials have confirmed their intention to declare a state of emergency on the city’s levels of homelessness, proposing to spend as much $100 million (£66 million/€89 million) in an apparent aid to its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been renewed between the Japan Football Association (JFA) and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in Madrid, aimed at strengthening the mutual relationship and to cooperate together for the further development of the sport in the two countries.

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) demonstration team has continued its high-profile tour of North America by performing at the United States Military Academy’s Mess Hall in West Point, New York. 

Kosovo’s Anton Cena claimed the M5 men's under 66 kilograms category title at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Veteran World Championships in Amsterdam, following in the footsteps of his country’s first-ever world champion Majlinda Kelmendi.

World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue has formally announced the formation of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) at United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York.

Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief executive David Gallop has said the country's top male players would have to accept a drop in their incomes, if pay and conditions for their female counterparts are to improve.

The late Carwyn James, who coached the British and Irish Lions to their one and only test series victory in New Zealand more than 40 years ago, is one of seven Welshmen to have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, founder and chairman of Generations For Peace, today marked the International Day of Peace by calling on the international sport community to help ease the plight of refugees, and build sustainable peace in Jordan and in communities affected by conflict around the world.

Danny Jordaan, President of the South African Football Association (SAFA) and the former chief executive of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is one of two senior football officials who have had charges of fraud and corruption laid against them in relation to an alleged $10 million (£6.4 million/€8.9 million) bribe to secure votes to win the right to host the tournament.