The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has again changed the dates of its European Championships due to the coronavirus crisis.

Championships at the same time.The Oceania Championships are timetabled for December 19 and 20 in Sydney in Australia

The President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation and a German who was a victim of a rigged election both say Tamás Aján should face criminal charges for corruption during his long reign at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

supported Aján's rival for the Presidency, Antonio Urso, as did other senior Board members from China, Australia

Zambian captain Barbra Banda revealed the team are aiming for the semi-finals in the Olympic women's football contest in Tokyo next year.

Zambia will join hosts Japan, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Britain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Canada

World Lacrosse has appointed members to its new committees and sub-committees for education and training, officiating and the sport's rules.

of 49 people were appointed to the committees, primarily from the United States, Canada, England and Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has paid tribute to the Munich 1972 sailing gold medallist John Cuneo, following his death at the age of 91.

defeated Australian challenger in the 1974 America’s Cup campaign.Cuneo was inducted into the Sport Australia

John was a phenomenon well ahead of this time," said John Bertrand, Sport Australia Hall of Fame chair

Cuneo was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen's New Year's Honours in 2018, recognising

It looked likely to be the biggest story of the week in Olympic sport when insidethegames reported, on New Year’s Day, that two Egyptian coaches had been sent to jail during a Government inquiry into widespread doping and fraud.

coach.There has been good news too: phenomenal performances by Loredana Toma of Romania, Eileen Cikamatana of Australia

Next year's Arafura Games in Darwin have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, organisers have announced.

the COVID-19 pandemic.The event, which takes its name from the Arafura Sea that lies between northern Australia

Rugby Australia is cutting 47 of its 142 full time staff due to a restructure forced by the coronavirus

and casual staff have had their contracts terminated immediately.At the start of the pandemic, Rugby Australia

We have delivered the news to staff this morning and told them that Rugby Australia values the contribution

of each and every one of them, some of whom have given significant service to Rugby Australia and to

Rugby Australia interim chief executive Rob Clarke described the decision to cut staff as "difficult"

©Getty ImagesRugby Australia is now set to launch a second phase of the restructure, which will involve

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has confirmed the cancellation of three World Tour events that will not be re-arranged this season.

between June 2 and 7.It had previously been suspended but has now been cancelled entirely after Badminton Australia

Lucien Cujean and Sébastien Schneiter have been selected by Switzerland in the men's 49er class for the re-arranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while Mateo Sanz Lanz has been named as the country's windsurfing representative.

2018 World Championships in Aarhus and achieved the position required at the 2020 World Cup event in Australia

Ukraine retained the International Federation of Match Poker's Nations Cup title at an event held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic.

position throughout the group stage of the competition.They qualified for the final along with Singapore, Australia

and Ukraine never looked like relinquishing their lead.They finished top with 1369 points, ahead of Australia

Snow Australia is to launch the Snow Australia Medal to formally recognise athletic achievement in winter

The award will be presented to honour past and retiring athletes who achieved success for Australia at

 Athletes who won a medal at World Championship or World Cup level, or who represented Australia

level," said Snow Australia chief executive Michael Kennedy."

The design of the Snow Australia Medal will be finalised later in the year, with Snow Australia aiming

old name - Ski and Snowboard Australia - in November.

The new President and Board of Weightlifting Fiji (WF) have been told they are "leading the sport in gender equality".

contender at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, lost her chance to qualify when she decided to compete for Australia

Rohan Taylor is set to take over as head coach of Swimming Australia for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Rohan Taylor is set to take over as head coach of Swimming Australia ©Getty ImagesTaylor, the former

Verhaeren, a former Dutch national head coach, took over at Swimming Australia following a disastrous

#ThankyouJacco— Swimming Australia (@SwimmingAUS) June 3, 2020The 51-year-old helped Australia to the

 Swimming Australia has thanked Verhaeren for his work with the team."

Jacco has made an incredible contribution to Swimming Australia and the Australian Dolphins swim team

New dates and a new host city for the Women's Baseball World Cup in Mexico later this year have been announced by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

tournament.The Netherlands were given the final wild-card berth, with France the sole European qualifier and Australia