World Para Snow Sports is planning to stage a two-part course aimed at increasing the number of classifiers - especially in Europe and Asia.

COVID-19 is showing us that lots of [classifiers] are living in Australia, New Zealand or in the USA

A petition urging the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to scrap a proposal to include extreme slalom as part of its event programme at Paris 2024 has been launched by Olympic gold medallist Tom Liebscher.

The coalition of athletes and National Federation representatives - from countries including Australia

Former England wing Ugo Monye has criticised the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) for re-instating captain Pablo Matera and two other players despite posting "vile" racist comments on social media.

It is understood several players threatened to boycott yesterday’s match against Australia if the UAR

Up to half of the Australian women's hockey squad are reportedly considering a strike just eight months before the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are due to open amid a protracted dispute with senior team officials.

increasingly frustrated and angry at officials including high-performance director Toni Cumpston.Hockey Australia

Australia has won three Olympic gold medals in women's hockey, the last coming on home soil at Sydney

2000.The Hockeyroos also finished second in the inaugural edition of the FIH Hockey Pro League in 2019.Australia

The Hong Kong Marathon has been postponed to October 2021 due to coronavirus concerns - leaving one of the country’s top long-distance runners facing a race against time to qualify for Tokyo 2020.

narrowly missed out on one of the five Olympic qualifying spots, coming sixth at Gold Coast Marathon in Australia

Australian Taekwondo has elected Keshena Waterford and Allan Malachowski and re-elected Jean Kfoury as Board members for the governing body.

their support and belief in me to be re-elected in working towards positive outcomes for taekwondo in Australia

Waterford, a two-time World Championships representative for Australia and 2015 Pacific Games champion

Australia has won one gold and one silver at the Olympics in taekwondo ©Getty ImagesFinally, Malachowski

Organisers of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) have teamed up with a social-care charity to create a volunteer programme for next year’s tournament.

Australia are the reigning men's and women's world champions ©Getty ImagesOliver Thomason has secured

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the end of sex testing from World Athletics, outlining how it violates the human rights of women in the Global South.

Islands.The Global North refers to the United States, Canada, most of Europe, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Australia

A new disability fitness app, AccesserCise Fitness, is set to launch in the summer of 2021 after being developed by Britain's world champion Para-powerlifter, Ali Jawad.

now AccesserCise is set to be initially released in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia

Bowls Australia (BA) has announced a new partnership with hearing healthcare company Audika.

Founded in 1976, Audika has more than 400 hearing clinics across Australia.

partnership with Audika and hope to share their vision throughout the grassroots bowls community," said Bowls Australia

If you haven’t had your hearing checked with Audika Australia in the last 12 months, book a FREE* hearing

bowling club a $10 donation.ℹ️ Learn more: https://t.co/OwxduaruBo pic.twitter.com/Zva6WiJc6M— Bowls Australia

community and to continue to make a difference to people’s hearing health," said Janet Muir, Audika Australia

The inaugural Virtus Oceania Asia Games in 2022 are set to take place in Brisbane after Australia won

Sport Inclusion Australia will organise the event which is scheduled to take place from November 5 to

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has launched a new corporate identity and announced a simplified numerical naming system for tournaments.

Developed by design agency Landor Australia, the new brand identity will be fully integrated across the

that players and tournaments could use to amplify this powerful message," said Jessica Murphy, Landor Australia

dates have been confirmed in 2022 for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst in Australia

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper is to leave the organisation early next year and head National Football League (NFL) operations in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Rugby sevens made its Olympic debut in 2016 ©Getty ImagesGosper played club rugby in his native Australia

Influential Australian basketball player Andrew Bogut believes competing at next year's rescheduled Olympic Games would be a stretch too far after calling time on his career.

Olympic medal after failing to get on the podium at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016 - where Australia

The body, probably from 2018 on, was hanging by a thread.Andrew Bogut represented Australia at Athens

This is not just a loss for basketball in Australia but a loss for the Australian Olympic Movement."