FIFA President Gianni Infantino is expected to attend the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress tomorrow in Manama where the body's Executive Committee for 2023-2027 is set to be confirmed.

be elected.The Congress, which is the 33rd in history, will congratulate its member federations from Australia

The FIFA Museum enjoyed a new visitor record in 2022, with 400,000 people from around the world attending its site in Zurich, Switzerland, and its international exhibitions.

set to open in February.Other plans include a travelling exhibition at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia

Boris van der Vorst has been accused by the International Boxing Association (IBA) of slandering African countries after he claimed that they were bribed on the eve of the organisation’s Extraordinary Congress in Armenia last year.

re-stage the election ©IBAVan der Vorst is head of the Common Cause Alliance, whose members include Australia

Russian player Andrey Rublev and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov have joined the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Player Advisory Council for 2023, having held their first meeting of the year on the eve of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Council.Argentina singles player Pedro Cachín and two-time Grand Slam doubles winner Matthew Ebden from Australia

Organisers of a Victoria 2026 networking event in Melbourne this week have dropped Australia's Commonwealth Games silver medallist Peter Bol from its panel after he was accused of testing positive for banned drugs.

has protested his innocence.The 28-year-old was ­expected to be named Young Australian of the Year on Australia

Germany have dethroned reigning champions Belgium in the Men's Hockey World Cup after producing a comeback victory in the final in Bhubaneswar.

who missed the decisive chance that gave Germany victory.Earlier in the day, The Netherlands defeated Australia

World Taekwondo has paid tribute to its "deeply respected and loved" former vice-president Phil Coles, who died yesterday aged 91, and has planned a memorial altar in his honour.

to 1993, and was a founding member of the Oceania Olympic Committees.As an athlete, he represented Australia

Novak Djokovic’s return to Melbourne Park, a year on from his deportation from Australia, ended in success

Novak Djokovic called it "one of the most challenging tournaments of my life" in his post-match interview, as he cradled the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, soon after defeating Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets in the men's singles Australian Open final.

And mortality was the theme in the men's singles.Rafael Nadal's injuries caught up with him in Australia

Teenage tennis player Kai Ryan is lobbying the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to officially create a category for athletes with dwarfism, with hopes to one day compete at the Paralympics.

He has cited the category existing in badminton to be more inclusive and wants Tennis Australia to endorse

has received over 17,000 signatures to make tennis more inclusive for all disabilities.Paralympics Australia

South Korea have established a lead in the overall medals table with two golds, one silver and one bronze medal at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in Almada, Portugal.

Championships bronze medallist defeated Galiya Tynbayeva  in the inder-48kg class.Britain, Portugal, Australia

Phil Coles, who played a leading role in Sydney’s successful bid to host the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has died at the age of 91.

Coles represented Australia in canoeing at three Olympic Games at Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City

Committee from 1973 until 2011, the year he stepped down as an IOC member.Phil Coles, right, represented Australia

As a driving force behind the project to bring the Olympic Games to his native Australia, Coles served

More than 60 per cent of the IOC members had never been to Australia at the time and had we not been

Four out of five continental Olympic committee organisations and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) have expressed their support for the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) stance on Russian and Belarusian participation.

National Olympic Committees, meanwhile, has remained silent on the issue so far but its biggest member Australia

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achieved 17 Grand Slam women's wheelchair singles trophies ©Getty ImagesRinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler of Australia

has honoured Olympians Sam Parker and Robert Duncan for their contributions to sport on this year's Australia

of umpiring.Meanwhile, Parker was a coach after his athletic career and helped develop wresting in Australia