For the likes of me, reasoned decisions published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are one of the best ways of gaining insight into the minutiae of the war against doping.

I am among the many who believe that 22-year-old Daniel Dubois is the best young prospect in boxing today and that the sledgehammer slugger from Greenwich is the man who eventually will take over from Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua and keep the Union Jack flying high over the world heavyweight boxing championship.

The plethora of comment, support, celebration and information marking yesterday’s International Women’s Day included, as one would expect, a huge amount of material in the sporting realm.

One storyline from last year’s Pacific Games turned a normally low-key continental event into an international talking point.

This time last year I was covering the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter World University Games, which meant I spent International Women’s Day (IWD) in Russia.

Precautions against the coronavirus have prompted a reduction in the the usual celebrations, but as things stand, organisers insist that Rio 2016 shooting champion Anna Korakaki will receive the first Olympic Torch to start the Relay to Tokyo next Thursday.

It might not be as hard-hitting a headline, but the reality is the main concern over the impact of the coronavirus on Tokyo 2020 at this stage is not whether the Olympics take place. It is how athletes get there.

One of the anti-heroes in this year’s Oscar winner, Parasite, is a medal-winning former hammer thrower. 

Those of us at home - and abroad - who are fans of the wonderful television comedy series Dad’s Army no doubt will recall the catchphrase made famous by Corporal Jones, so superbly played by the late Clive Dunn: "Don’t panic! Don’t panic!" 

How strange that Liverpool’s apparently untrammelled and undefeated run-in to the Premier League title should end not at Chelsea, Manchester City or Manchester United - but Watford. 

The news of Maria Sharapova’s retirement was significant, but not entirely surprising.

Over the last two months, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has been reviewing a proposal from Commonwealth Games India (CGI) to host a Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships in Chandigarh in January 2022.

In less than a fortnight, the Flame for Tokyo 2020 will be kindled in Ancient Olympia, the second time that an Olympic Torch Relay has set out for the Japanese capital.

Almost a year ago to the day, a new advocacy group for athletes burst onto the scene with promises to give competitors across sport an enhanced voice and to repair the "disconnect" between them and governing bodies.