A permit to construct the training pool for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been suspended by a court in the host city.

A total of 250,000 tickets have been placed on sale as part of the latest ticketing phase for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

The Brazilian Football Confederation has picked eight English-based players for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with the nation seeking travel exemptions to allow the athletes to participate.

The European Swimming League (LEN) will reportedly stage early elections in February after 24 member federations signed a petition calling for an Extraordinary Congress to be held.

FIFA has completed a series of visits to potential host venues for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, with a nine-day tour forming part of a selection process which will conclude early in 2022.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee is set to be reduced to 1,000 people by the start of October, as the dissolution process continues following the conclusion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Former Liverpool striker Roger Hunt, a member of England’s 1966 FIFA World Cup winning squad, has died at the age of 83.

Hockey Canada has been forced to cancel a series of events amid ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the vaccination status of visiting teams.

Queensland’s medallists at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be honoured in three events across the Australian state in October, it has been announced.

Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini is set to join the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation Board following her election as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission member.

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) has extended its support for sport by signing a cooperation agreement with the International Cycling Union (UCI) to support education and research in cycling.

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to lift state-of-emergency measures in the country tomorrow, after more than two months of restrictions which covered the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

France has been selected to host the 2022 Rugby Africa Cup, where qualification will be on offer for the Rugby World Cup the following year.

Julian Alaphilippe triumphed in the men’s elite road race for the second successive year after the Frenchman’s repeat attacks were rewarded with a solo win at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships in Flanders.