The winter sport season has been in full flow over the coming weeks, with organisers holding events despite the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19 and the new Omicron variant.

Cortina 2026, I feel organisers will end up disappointed.Cyclo-cross, similarly to cross-country in athletics

Yet traditional winter sports, if you remember, were unsurprisingly opposed to when World Athletics were

an uphill challenge if it is to secure a place at a future Winter Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics

Belgium’s Wout Van Aert and the Netherlands’ Fem van Empel mastered the first International Cycling Union (UCI) Cyclo-cross World Cup held on snow by triumphing in Val di Sole.

bid to show the sport is suitable for inclusion in the Winter Olympic Games.Previous efforts by World Athletics

Olympic men's 1,500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal claimed the men's and women's titles at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, giving Norway both gold medals.

#FingalDublin2021(@Norsk_Friidrett) pic.twitter.com/oUZeviydVV— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) December

World 200 metres champion Noah Lyles has spoken about why he decided to "break a stigma" last year in announcing he was on anti-depressants – and how lockdown and social and political issues in the United States contributed to his distress.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will cease to act as the international federation for 10 sports by the end of 2026 as it seeks to move away from accusations of conflicting interests.

General Assembly which is being held online from December 11 to 12.The proposal aims for Alpine skiing, athletics

presented to each recipient at the 2022 IPC Membership Gathering.Australian Bird competed in swimming and athletics

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway will be aiming to cap a breakthrough year when he lines up as the youngest competitor in the men’s senior race at the European Cross Country Championships.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has promised to involve the Olympic Movement in discussions about its future match calendar, it has been claimed, after "serious concerns" over plans to hold the men's World Cup every two years were raised by the Olympic Summit today.

World Cup - a frustration repeated by the attendees of the Summit, featuring the Presidents of World Athletics

Cédric Van Branteghem has been announced as the incoming chief executive of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (BOIC).

Branteghem currently serves as the meeting director of the Memorial Van Damme, an annual Diamond League athletics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced nominees across six Paralympic Sport Awards categories, which will recognise achievements from Tokyo 2020.

achievement.Italy’s Ambra Sabatini has been nominated for the best female debut award after winning women’s T63 athletics

the US' Nick Mayhugh and Britain’s Reece Dunn.Mayhugh won three gold medals and one silver in Para athletics

Incumbents dominated the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) elections, with acting general secretary Francis Mutuku winning the vote to assume the role on a permanent basis and Paul Tergat re-elected President unopposed.

than any other African nation.Four of those medals were gold, and all of Kenya's medals were won in athletics

Paris has been announced as host of the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, with the event expected

Competition will take place from July 8 to 17 at the Charlety Stadium.The venue has hosted World Para Athletics

World Para Athletics and the French Handisport Federation (FFH) announced the awarding of the event.French

Dubai hosted the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships ©Getty ImagesFrance will become the first nation

to host the World Para Athletics Championships on three occasions.Britain is the only other country

to have held the World Championships twice.World Para Athletics had launched the bid process for the

Decathlon Olympic champion Damian Warner has rounded off a successful 2021 by being named the winner of Canada's Athlete of the Year yesterday, months after posting one of the best scores in the event.

Preparations for upcoming continental and international sporting events, including next year's Pacific Mini Games and Commonwealth Games, have been discussed at the Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee's (VASANOC) Extraordinary Annual General Meeting.

athletes and officials at the multi-sport event for Oceanian countries, and it will take part in the athletics

Australia, Canada and Britain have joined the United States in announcing a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as a protest against alleged human rights abuses in China.

criticising Beijing 2022 and the IOC for failing to address human rights abuses in the host country.World Athletics

Iran captured two titles on the final day of the Bahrain 2021 Asian Youth Para Games as they finished at the top of the medal standings.

finished with 122 medals including 44 golds, 53 silvers and 25 bronzes.Much of their success came in the athletics