World Rugby and the International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport have announced a four-year strategic partnership, calling on sporting leaders from around the world to support gender equality in the industry.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is set to hold a gender equity seminar in Manama, Bahrain between October 30 and 31 as a part of its drive to promote equality in the region.

An all-women officiating crew is due to take charge of a match at a World Para Ice Hockey event for the first time at the Women's World Challenge this week.

Brazil's men's volleyball team have become the first to use the Paris 2024 training base established by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) at Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine as they completed preparations for the World Championship in Slovenia and Poland.

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) has opened applications for an Athlete Representative for the sport of goalball.

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has named Carolyn Broderick as the country's first female medical director for an Olympic Games, with the Tennis Australia chief medical officer set to hold the role for Paris 2024.

Asia is being targeted as a growth area for sambo for the blind.

Athletics coach Toni Minichiello, who rose to prominence in coaching Jessica Ennis-Hill to a heptathlon gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, has been effectively banned for life after a UK Athletics panel found he engaged in "sexually physical behaviour".

Indonesia's new capital city will be the focus of the country's bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) investigation into figure skater Kamila Valieva's positive test has reached its "final stage", with results expected "in the coming weeks".

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir believes World Rugby can help to "show the way" for other International Federations (IF) to ensure there are more women in high-ranking positions.

Canada's 15-year-old swimming sensation Summer McIntosh added the women's 200 metres individual medley title to the 400m version she had already secured here at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Magomedalieva got into boxing by accident and very late.  A truly amazing story of a female boxer from Dagestan.

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) have agreed a partnership with the International Testing Agency (ITA) to deliver a clean sport programme for the International Federation, which has recently become associated with the Olympic Games.

Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono, winner of the Boston and Chicago Marathons in 2019, and Randolph Ross, who won Olympic gold last summer as part of the United States 4x400 metres relay team, are both out of the World Athletics Championships in Eugue due to receiving provisional anti-doping suspensions.