No spectators will be permitted at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo and Oberstdorf respectively in response the coronavirus pandemic, it has been confirmed.

all hoped to avoid has arrived," a statement on Cortina 2021’s website read.Mikaela Shiffrin of the United

States is set to be among the competitors taking part at Cortina 2021 ©Getty Images"The Technical Committee

The deadline for athletes to provide feedback to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Council regarding the rule related to protests during the Paralympic Games will expire today.

relax or abolish its Rule 50, which prohibits athletes from protesting at the Olympic Games.Rule 50 states

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced last month that it would not sanction athletes

The Football Association (FA) is to "consider next steps" for the British Olympic women's football team in March after Phil Neville's departure to Inter Miami left the managerial role vacant.

become manager of Major League Soccer side Inter Miami, which is part-owned by his former Manchester United

"eager" to manage Britain’s women’s team at this year's Olympics in Tokyo but his departure to the United

States has left the role vacant.

Councillors in Kraków have pledged to support the establishment of Poland’s first refuge hostel for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in a bid to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

suggested the country's Government may have differing views on "ideological issues" compared to incoming United

States President Joe Biden.Biden has described the European nation as being a "totalitarian regime"

Two more Australian Open players have tested positive for coronavirus to take the number of cases linked to the Grand Slam to 10. 

room for 14 days, but these calls have so far been rebuffed.Serbia's Djokovic and Sofia Kenin of the United

States are set to defend the men's and women's titles, respectively.

Hosts Italy won their opening game of the Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Trieste.

Italian city, which concludes on Sunday (January 24), will book a place at Tokyo 2020.They will join United

States, Spain, Canada, Australia, Russia, South Africa, China and Japan in the women's water polo event

Norway’s Mons Roisland produced the highest score in qualification at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup in Laax.

s Ruki Tobita top the standings on 80.50.Belgium’s Sebbe de Buck finished second on 80.25, with the United

States’ Jake Canter scoring 77.50 for third place.The top 12 snowboarders in each heat advanced to the

Norway's reigning men's International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a knee injury.

but is likely to lose his lead to one of his closest challengers - Austria's Matthias Mayer or the United

States' Ryan Cochran-Siegle.Two legs of downhill are scheduled to take place in Kitzbühel from Friday

Two Australian Open players have tested positive for COVID-19 as the row regarding quarantine conditions in Melbourne continues.

 Djokovic and Sofia Kenin of the United States won the men's and women's titles, respectively.

Newly-appointed COVID-19 Vaccine Minister Tarō Kōno has vowed to ensure a smooth roll-out of vaccines in the coming months in Japan, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

vaccine next month.The vaccine has already begun to be administered in several countries, such as the United

States and the United Kingdom, but Japan requires additional clinical trials to be conducted on its

over vaccination policies.Tedros said more than 39 million vaccine doses had been given in 49 richer states

The dominant Japanese women's baseball team has announced its roster for the upcoming World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup, as the nation looks to win a seventh title in a row.

the coaching staff, supporting Nakashima.Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 6-0 in the 2018 final in the United

States to claim their sixth consecutive World Cup title.Apart from Japan, only the US have won the competition

The heir and de facto head of Samsung, a longstanding sponsor of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is going back to prison, in a move that may deprive South Korea’s largest conglomerate of its top decision-maker for up to 18 months.

smartphones – has fared reasonably well during the coronavirus pandemic, partly as a consequence of United

States sanctions against competing Chinese products.Samsung is the worldwide The Olympic Partner programme

Malaysian squash star Nicol David holds a comfortable lead as the World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time race heads towards its first milestone, which will see only the top ten candidates continue receiving votes.

the 40th anniversary of the first edition of the World Games, which was held in Santa Clara in the United

States in 1981.The winner of the race is due to be announced on February 1.The full list of candidates

Laax in Switzerland is set to stage the first halfpipe and slopestyle competitions of the International Ski Federation Snowboard World Cup season.

Castellet.However, this year there is currently only one halfpipe stage scheduled after two events in the United

States were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.Slopestyle has also been disrupted by the global

International Floorball Federation (IFF) has confirmed the participants for the Men’s Under-19 World Floorball Championships, after the governing body were forced to cancel remaining qualification events due to coronavirus.

and testing requirements.In the Americas, the lack of possibility to safely and easily travel between United

States and Canada meant there was no realistic possibility of their qualifier going ahead.The Asia Oceania