The 2027 World Athletics Championships will welcome the biggest stars back to Beijing, 12 years after the Chinese capital successfully hosted the premier athletics event and almost two decades after the Beijing Olympic Games.

Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), declared last Wednesday during his meeting with the President of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, that his organisation was ready to work for the country's readmission "as soon as possible". This would allow its athletes to participate fully in Paris 2024.

The funeral of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum will be held on Friday 23 February instead of Saturday, Athletics Kenya has announced. The change is linked to the presence of Kenya's President William Ruto at the event. The government is determined to give the young marathon star a "hero's farewell".

The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) has expressed its full support for the joint statement issued by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) condemning the possible introduction of the so-called ‘Enhanced Games’.

Skate Canada has formally announced its appeal against the International Skating Union's decision to award Russia the bronze medal in team figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, despite one of its skaters being sanctioned for doping.

The French Handball Federation (FFHB) has submitted a bid to co-host the 2029 or 2031 World Championships alongside Germany, the FFHB has announced.

Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko, who won the silver medal in the 400 freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Doha on Sunday, was booed by the crowd at the end of the event.

The Australian Government, through PacificAus Sports, will work with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to support more than 250 athletes from 13 Pacific nations to prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade that left one person dead and 22 injured, authorities said on Friday.

Seventy-eight top Spanish athletes on Wednesday expressed their "firm and absolute rejection of the recent actions" of the Spanish anti-doping agency (CELAD), whose head was sacked last month following allegations of irregularities.

Boxing star Gennady Golovkin has been nominated to replace Timur Kulibayev as president of Kazakhstan's National Olympic Committee, following a meeting of the organisation on 14 February.

Nigeria and Venezuela have been referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for alleged failure of their anti-doping agencies to comply with WADA rules, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced on Tuesday.

Kenyan athlete Sarah Chepchirchir, winner of the 2017 Tokyo Marathon, has been banned for eight years after testing positive for testosterone. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced the ban on Wednesday.

Beijing will host the 2029 World Aquatics Championships, becoming the second Chinese city to do so after Shanghai in 2011. As previously announced, Singapore and Budapest will host the 2025 and 2027 editions respectively.