Australia and the United States' mixed doubles curling pairs will meet in the opening sporting event

this month, with Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt clinching victory and an Olympic debut in this event for Australia

Details of five additional competitions for weightlifters hoping to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been finalised.

Nigeria) 168kg; 55kg Olarinoye (Nigeria) 203kg; 59kg Rafiatu Lawal (Nigeria) 207kg; 64kg Sarah Cochrane (Australia

At the start of 2021, I identified seven non-Tokyo 2020 areas to keep an eye on throughout the duration of the year: Thomas Bach, Protests and activism, Athlete representation, athlete welfare, the European Olympic Committees, the Commonwealth Games and increased female representation.

A return to Australia could now be on the cards, with New South Wales mooted as a potential destination.Should

Australia host the Games, it would show the CGF’s reliance on the nation and Britain, which would potentially

The Swiss city Geneva has been named the host of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, as well as the World Senior Curling Championships, due to take place in April 2022.

Sweden, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United States, China, Germany, Russia, New Zealand, Australia

Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and world number 10 Ons Jabeur have both tested positive for COVID-19, with the first Grand Slam of 2022 less than a month away.

I was in the final stages of my preparations for the Australian Open swing - I will make my way to Australia

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is to provide funding of AUD257 million (£138 million/$184 million/€163 million) in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, marking the first time the organisation has allocated money for a full cycle.

The United States-led diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has been condemned by Iran.

boycott of Beijing 2022 has so far been backed by the US, Canada, Britain, Lithuania, New Zealand, Australia

Paralympics Australia (PA) has joined the Sports Environment Alliance (SEA), an Oceania-based charity

Joining the SEA will see Paralympics Australia seek to educate its staff on sustainability issues and

The SEA boasts more than 50 members, including the Australian Olympic Committee, Football Federation Australia

, Cricket Australia and Australian Football League."

Nicki Nicol has replaced incumbent Kereyn Smith as New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) chief executive and secretary general, it has been announced.

chief financial officer.Nicol also worked in senior executive roles at BP in Britain, New Zealand and Australia

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has said it was the victim of an "information attack", denying suggestions athletes from the nation would boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has been dominated by political tensions.The United States, Australia

Rafael Nadal’s participation at the Australian Open has been placed in further doubt after the 20-time Grand Slam champion confirmed a positive test for COVID-19.

ImagesAustria’s Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion, has withdrawn from two warm-up events in Australia

Athletics Australia has appointed Peter Bromley chief executive on a permanent basis, having held the

data and property industries as an executive general manager and director.Bromley was on the Athletics Australia

Board for nine years before becoming the interim chief executive.Madison de Rozario won Australia two

gold medals at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesAthletics Australia President Jan Swinhoe said the organisation

Australia won one silver medal and two bronze medals in athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where the

The Australian Government has nominated four representatives who will join the Board of the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee, including the American Tracy Caulkins who was a treble gold medallist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics.

has since moved to Australia.The 58-year-old serves as a director and the vice-president for Swimming Australia

President and founding member of Womensport Queensland, and has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia

for her work in sports administration and promoting opportunities for women.Paralympics Australia director

chair of a National Rugby League Club in 2014 when she led the Gold Coast Titans Board.Paralympics Australia

Caulkins is married to Mark Stockwell, who won three swimming medal for Australia at Los Angeles 1984

Mark Sorensen, New Zealand's men's softball head coach, believes the gap between the nation's professional and amateur athletes has grown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting its impact on preparations for the Men's Softball World Cup.

before being hit by coronavirus-related postponements.Sorensen's team are hoping to play regional rivals Australia

chief executive Tony Giles said a seven-day self-isolation period currently mandated on return from Australia

Belgium has joined a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo vowing the Government will not have a presence at the Games.

stage.Belgium not sending any Government officials to Beijing 2022 aligns it with Britain, Lithuania, the US, Australia