A petition has been launched in opposition to Visit Saudi, the tourism board for Saudi Arabia, sponsoring the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, due to the nation's poor human rights record for women and LGBTQ+ people.

Hosts Kazakhstan claimed a gold medal on the opening day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana at the Athletics Sports Complex Qazaqstan, with a victory in the women's 3,000 metres.

Britain's Matt Weston set a new track record on the opening day at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Innsbruck to win the men's skeleton.

World Archery has named the hosts for the next four editions of the Archery World Cup, spanning a period from 2024 to 2027.

France's Axelle Gachet-Mollaret and Rémi Bonnet from Switzerland added to their vertical victories, with wins in the individual event, on the final day of the Morgins leg of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) World Cup.

Canada will not be represented in athletics and swimming at the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games - the two sports where they all their medals at the last event four years ago. 

Italian three-time Alpine skiing Olympian Elena Fanchini has died at the age of 37 after a long battle with intestinal cancer.

Shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk has encouraged dissidents to return to Belarus following President Alexander Lukashenko's latest decree to allow protestors to come home - distancing herself from the 2020 and 2021 democracy demonstrations.

International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev has hit back at USA Boxing's decision to boycott this year's Men's and Women's World Boxing Championships, calling those who voted in favour "worse than hyenas and jackals".

Renovation of the Maurice-Thorez swimming pool in the commune of Montreuil is affecting members of the French national diving team training in the capital, with the facility set to be used as a water polo training pool at next year's Olympic Games in Paris. 

Athletics Australia is set to expand and revamp its First Nations and reconciliation action plan (RAP) advisory group, with indigenous Olympians from the country lending their voice as part of the consultation process.

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has created two new working groups related to diversity and sustainability, while appointing three new members to the Competition and Rules Commission.

The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships are set to return after a five-year hiatus caused by COVID-19, with Kazakhstan's capital Astana set to host the event over the next three days.

Brian Lewis, the former President of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), has claimed the nation's hosting of the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games can help towards the country establishing its own identity following its years of colonialism.