The Mauritius Olympic Committee (MOC) has officially launched a coronavirus awareness campaign in the African island nation in a bid to "sanitise" the population.
Former World Athletics Council member Ahmad Al Kamali has been banned for six months and fined €5,000 (£4,500/$6,000) after gifting watches to African delegates.
Back-to-back Olympic snowboard cross champion Pierre Vaultier has announced his retirement from the sport.
New dates next year have been confirmed for the USA Boxing National Championships in Shreveport.
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has confirmed the cancellation of this year's Asian Championships in China.
The Yemen Olympic Committee (YOC) backed a karate tournament which was held in capital city Sana'a.
Student Sport Ireland has launched a webinar series on the topic of high performance.
British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) has announced that 19 universities will deliver BUCS Active 4 projects from January.
Yonex has been announced as the official equipment supplier for next year's rearranged Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in Bangkok.
The official International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) app is now available from the Google Play Store.
The inaugural edition of the Baseball5 World Cup will take place in 2022, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced.
The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Chinese city Nanjing have been postponed for a second time because of the COVID-19 pandemic and are now scheduled to take place in 2023.
Thirteen rugby players have been banned for a combined 85 weeks for breaching COVID-19 protocols when representing the Barbarians.
World Rowing and Eurovision Sport have renewed their media rights agreement until 2024.
Hungary's two-time world junior canoeing champion Andras Redl has been given a four-year ban after testing positive for EPO.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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