Monty Panesar, the ex-England cricket sensation, has stepped down as a candidate for George Galloway's political party a mere eight days after his candidacy announcement.

Yon de Luisa Plazas, a member of both the FIFA Executive Council and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football (Concacaf), stressed the importance of each host nation having clear objectives for its participation.

On the eve of the third stage of the Diamond League in Doha on Friday, reigning Olympic high jump champion Mutaz Essa Barshim hosted and won the first edition of the 'What Gravity Challenge' with some of the best specialists in the discipline on Thursday.

After the arrival of the Olympic Torch at the Vieux Port, Paris 2024 once again invited the people of Marseille to celebrate the first day of the Torch Relay in France in the heart of the city.

World Rugby has announced further details of a trial of a revised red card sanctioning process that will see automatic off-field sanctions for players shown a red card.

Newly re-elected president of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) Elisa Aguilar confirmed that national team coaches Sergio Scariolo and Miguel Méndez, of the men's and women's sides, respectively, will extend their contracts until 2028.

On Europe Day, and the second on French soil for the Paris 2024 flame after a 12-day-long boat journey from Greece, Mariia Vysochanska participated in the relay through the coastal city’s streets to begin an 11-week parade across France before lighting the Olympic cauldron on 26 July.

Ukraine's acting sports minister Matviy Bidnyi says Russia has shown it "disregards the principles of Olympism" by organising the Friendship Games for September. He added that Russia is "merely attempting to use sport for its propaganda".

The Court of Appeals (CA) in the Philippines has upheld the decision of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to reject a petition filed by a local sports and leisure store regarding the use of the "Olympic Village" trademark.

There is a very real possibility that boxing will be missing from the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028 for the first time since Stockholm 1912. Having taken charge of boxing at Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it will not do so again and needs a new partner international federation for boxing by early 2025.

Olympic 400m freestyle champion Ahmed Hafnaoui expressed uncertainty about his readiness to defend his title at the Paris Olympics, on Wednesday.

Selma Konijn and Ruth Vorsselman ended the 32-year-old drought by storming to victory in the women's K2 500 in Szeged and qualifying for Paris 2024, as well as Poland and four neutral athletes.

Natalie Robyn has resigned from her role as the chief executive officer of motorsport's governing body, the FIA, after a mere 18 months in the position.