By Mike RowbottomModern pentathlon's new fencing format - the fencing bonus round - will be established next season after earning the approval of a huge majority of delegates at the sport's Congress in Sofia.

World Military Games, which will take place in South Korea, and future annual World Championships in Poland

By Nick ButlerTeddy Riner underlined his status as the undisputed star of the sport by winning - yet again - on the final day of action at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in Jeju.

paid the price as he received four shido penalties to hand Riner victory, while Maciej Sarnacki of Poland

By Brian OliverWhen the sport finished it was party time in Almaty, host city for the 2014 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships that concluded on November 16. The grand ballroom at the Royal Tulip hotel was the venue for the end-of-event banquet, a lavish affair that featured singing, dancing, traditional music, awards presentations and a feast of Kazakh food.The expensive wine flowed freely, nowhere more than on the Chinese delegation's tables. Athletes, coaches and officials, most of them dressed in the team's vivid western-style leisurewear, repeatedly toasted each other and were clearly there to enjoy themselves.When the compere asked...

North Korean agency was reacting to innocuous comments made by a coach at the World Championships in Poland

By Nick ButlerPolish Sports and Tourism Minister Andrzej Biernat has called for an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Polish Volleyball Federation (PZPS) following the arrest of the body's President over corruption allegations.

bribe from the owner of a security firm in exchange for working at the World Championships, held in Poland

The scandal is now overshadowing the euphoria of Poland winning the world title on home turf ©Getty ImagesDespite

By Nick ButlerBahrain and the United Arab Emirates have informed the International Handball Federation (IHF) they wish to abandon their respective withdrawals from the 2015 Men's World Championships in Qatar.

France, Sweden, Algeria, Egypt and Czech Republic, while Bahrain would be in Group D with Denmark, Poland

By Mike RowbottomOstrava, hosts of the annual Golden Spike meeting, will stage the International Association of Athletics Federation's third Continental Cup in 2018 after beating rival Bydgoszcz in today's vote of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council in Monaco.

and wish them all the best into the future as they for sure will remain the main athletics city in Poland

By Nick ButlerA recommendation that the President and vice-president of the Polish Volleyball Federation (PZPS) be removed from their positions has been made by the body's Executive Committee, following their involvement in a corruption scandal. 

companies involved in organising the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Championships in Poland

three months as a further investigation takes place.The owner of a security firm based in southern Poland

as possible in order to salvage the reputation of the organisation.The news comes just weeks after Poland

world volleyball" by FIVB President Ary S Graça following the final on September 17, in which hosts Poland

biggest sport at Rio 2016, claims FIVB President following successful World ChampionshipSeptember 2014: Poland

By Mike RowbottomThis week in Monaco, Qatar is seeking two major coups in the world of athletics. On Tuesday, the Qatari capital of Doha will learn if it has been successful at the second time of asking for the right to host the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) World Championships. And three days later, high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim will hope to become the first Qatari winner of the IAAF's Men's World Athlete of the Year award. There is the possibility of victory in both cases - but by no means the certainty. In November 2011, the bid group...

director of the French Handball Federation (FFHB), one of three rival bidders along with Norway and Poland

By Paul OsborneInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cups in France, Australia and the United States have been named as qualifiers for Rio 2016.

Britain, from March 30 until April 1, as they have routinely done in recent years.Similarly, Szczecin, Poland

By Daniel EtchellsThe continued popularity of the European Athletics Championships has been underlined after it was revealed that a total television audience of 358 million watched the most recent edition in Zurich this summer.

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland

By Brian Oliver at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in AlmatyFour world records, sensational performances by Kazakh and Chinese athletes, a silver medallist screaming in agony on the platform, and a noisy crowd who were sometimes too noisy - there was much to savour on a spectacular third day of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

a precautionary measure.The defending world champion Li Yajun of China, who won all three golds in Poland

By Paul OsborneBahrain and the United Arab Emirates have withdrawn from the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar following political tensions between the neighbouring Gulf countries. 

lost to Qatar ©Getty ImagesBahrain had been drawn in Group D of the tournament, alongside Denmark, Poland

By Brian Oliver at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in AlmatyNorth Korea's sensationally powerful weightlifters put China in their place again on the second day of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here and there was heartbreak in the first women's medal event for an injured Turkish athlete who was beaten into second place for the seventh time.

six in the World Championships with a clean sweep of all three gold medals - a repeat of her feat in Poland

By Nick Butler There will be no events awarded to Iran by  the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) until Ghoncheh Ghavami is released from prison and a ban on women attending matches is lifted, it has been revealed. 

Intercontinental Round, will play three home and three away matches against Russia, world champion Poland

By Daniel EtchellsThe general manager of the Puerto Rico Hurricanes has targeted Rio 2016 qualification for the franchise's boxers after the World Series of Boxing (WSB) named them as the competition's 16th addition ahead of the start of its fifth season in January. 

Karim Bouzidi, WSB chief executive.The Hurricanes' opening match of the season pits them against the Poland