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

A total of 49 people were appointed to the committees, primarily from the United States, Canada, England

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced the Russian appeal against the sanctions imposed by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) will begin on November 2. If this hearing goes ahead it will go a long way to establishing who can take part if the Olympics open as planned on July 23 2021.

medal by default.The Czechoslovakians were not the last to take issue with Olympic officialdom.The 1972 United

States basketball team celebrate, thinking the had won the gold medal ©Getty ImagesIn the 1968 football

The National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to restart its 2019-2020 season on July 31 in Orlando, with just the 22 teams in playoff contention competing.

spectators present when the NBA action returns ©Getty ImagesSilver's comments come after protests across the United

States and beyond after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police.A memorial service for Floyd

American hammer thrower Gwen Berry has said United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief

The McLaren report on weightlifting corruption states that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev,

letter addressed to Dr Aján from the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee’s President dated 2016," states

Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), said WADA needed reform.Tygart

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.

Ursula Papandrea, a former international athlete who became the highest-qualified female coach in the United

States and a campaigning presence on national and international executive boards, was voted in as Acting

The three top-ranked decathletes of the moment will step up to action on Sunday (June 7) in the third of the Ultimate Garden Clash events staged by World Athletics.

Former decathlon world record holders Ashton Eaton of the United States and Britain’s Daley Thompson

World Archery has confirmed the eight athletes to participate in the second edition of its Lockdown Knockout event, which will begin tomorrow.

Colombia’s Sara Lopez.Recurve archers will now participate in the second edition, with entrants including United

States’ Brady Ellison.The five-time Archery World Cup winner and reigning World Archery champion will

European champion Steve Wijler of The Netherlands.Mexico’s London 2012 silver medallist Aida Roman, United

States’ Casey Kaufhold, Turkey’s Yasemin Anagoz and Dutch archer Gaby Bayardo complete the line-up.Qualification

Chris Hecker and Kate Barton have both joined the United States cross-country skiing team in the build-up

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced the formation of a new Brand, Marketing, Commercial and Communication Commission to drive the sport forward.

President and chief executive of OverActive Media Group, Peter Zeytoonjian, senior vice-president of United

States Olympic and Paralympic Properties, Yasuhiro Nakamori, director of the Japanese Olympic Committee's

Double Olympic Alpine skiing gold medallist Ted Ligety of the United States has confirmed he plans to

World junior gymnastics champion Viktoriia Listunova is hopeful of competing at her first Olympic Games in Tokyo next year as she will now be eligible.

 Listunova then helped Russia to the women’s team title, besting China and the United States.

Banned athletics coach Alberto Salazar's appeal against his four-year suspension will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in November.

Jeffrey Brown for between November 8 and 16.Sport's highest court said they were likely to be held in the United

States rather than Switzerland, where the CAS is based.Salazar and Brown were each banned for four years

following a six-year investigation conducted by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).Salazar

Rohan Taylor is set to take over as head coach of Swimming Australia for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after Jacco Verhaeren stepped down.

SwimmingAUS) June 3, 2020The 51-year-old helped Australia to the world number two ranking behind the United

States at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships and oversaw three Olympic gold medals at Rio 2016.

American hammer thrower Gwen Berry has demanded a public apology from the United States Olympic and Paralympic