The Super Rugby Aotearoa tournament is set to become the first major sports league to return without fan attendance limits after New Zealand lifted all COVID-19 restrictions except stringent border controls.

The 2020 Super Rugby season – comprising teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South

The date for Australian swimmer Shayna Jack's appeal against a four-year doping ban has been set by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) but will not be made public.

and reclaim my position as a member of the Australian swim team".Jack could be in line to represent Australia

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission has praised organisers of the next Winter Olympic Games for headway made in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, following a video meeting between the two groups.

national security law in Hong Kong has been criticised by the United States, United Kingdom, Canadian and Australia

Possibilities Gala has been named as the 2019 Cause Related Event of the Year at the Meeting and Events Australia

part in a fashion exhibition to celebrate the Australian Paralympic team and social change.Paralympics Australia

the meaningful effect it had on our guests," said Lynne Anderson, the chief executive of Paralympics Australia

Brazil has withdrawn its bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup amid financial concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

pandemic".The CBF also said it would now support Colombia's bid against Japan and the joint candidacy of Australia

Several of the world’s fittest athletes said they were "ashamed and angry" about an insensitive social media comment by the founder of CrossFit, which has lost its lucrative sponsorship with Reebok.

comments.All three of them – Annie Thrisdottir and Katrin Davidsdottir of Iceland, and Tia-Clair Toomey of Australia

Hasan Arat, vice-president of the Turkish Olympic Committee and leader of Istanbul's unsuccessful bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has called on the city to target the 2032 Games.

this beautiful country with a young population", Arat told the state-run Anadolu Agency.Queensland in Australia

The qualification process for the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been confirmed, with eight teams to join the 12 automatic qualifiers for the tournament in France.

qualified.These are champions South Africa, runners-up England, New Zealand, Wales, Japan, France, Australia

Sporting figures from Australia and New Zealand - including five Australian Olympians and Barry Maister

chief executive of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, who was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia

Bulletin, Peters, who was also once President of the Australian Baseball Federation - now Baseball Australia

Getty ImagesHockey player Garard and sailor Bourke will be rewarded with the Member of the Order of Australia

won two Olympic gold medals, at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, and served as the director of Hockey Australia

@AUSOlympicTeam @7olympics @SoftballVic pic.twitter.com/rtfuoBaXYU— Softball Australia (@SoftballOz

Virtus has opened the bidding process for its 2021 World Basketball Championships.

 France and Australia won the respective men's and women's titles at the 2017 World Championships

Rugby Australia are hoping to lure future star Joseph Suaalii for the now-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics

cannot be signed until his 17th birthday, with August set to bring an indication of his future.Rugby Australia

Ursula Papandrea, who played a lead role in bringing about the downfall of the disgraced former weightlifting leader Tamás Aján, says she and her Board at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) are being unfairly criticised.

Aján’s support.Besides Lassen, general secretary Ma Wenguang of China, vice-president Sam Coffa of Australia

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has announced its theme for this year's World Environment Day will be biodiversity, one of the most important parts of the planet's ecosystem.

FIAS noted that recent events such as bushfires in Brazil, the United States and Australia as well as

A Canadian who was a victim of Tamás Aján's vote-rigging corruption says the current Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) should not be trusted to take any immediate decisions on the sport’s future.

rival Antonio Urso were ousted – general secretary Ma Wenguang of China, vice-president Sam Coffa of Australia

has not worked in weightlifting since the 2017 elections other than refereeing two competitions in Australia

Another Concours Complet International (CCI) five-star eventing competition has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving only one left on the 2020 calendar.

Badminton and Burghley in England, Luhmühlen in Germany, Lexington in the United States and Adelaide in Australia