The fifth edition of Redtorch’s #SportOnSocial League Table compares 2020 data against that from the previous four years. This enables us to provide insights for Olympic International Federations (IFs) on the impact of the pandemic on sport and the challenges faced by social media teams.

One of the loveliest experiences right now is watching our two dogs race around the garden. Our older dog - whose former playmate died in November 2019 - used to be the faster one. But, although he still motors, the newbie one-year-old floats away from him.

Freezing world rankings due to the COVID-19 pandemic was an sensible decision by governing bodies last year, as tournaments fell by the wayside. The trouble is restarting them effectively.

We all know that Tokyo 2020 will be very different to any other Olympic Games in recent memory.

Men's tennis is in an odd civil war at the moment - one that involves seemingly out-of-touch executives, an old guard, anti-vaxxers and player unions.

At the recent International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session, President Thomas Bach revealed that he regularly "talks" to Olympic founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin and often consults his writings.

The first set of 2020 financial statements from a Summer Olympic International Federation (IF) landed last week.

A media release drops into my inbox from UK Anti-Doping with the information that a rugby player, one Ralph Rainbow (no, me neither) has been banned for four years after UK Border Forces seized a package which contained £200 worth of items used in the process of injecting Human Growth Hormone (HGH), a case which echoes British Cycling’s infamous jiffy bag affair.

The less said about the London 2012 mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville - or was it Manlock and Wendeville? - the better. So let’s leave it at that. Spawn of Cyclops…

After weeks of rumours, it is now official. International spectators will not be present at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games this year.

A Friday night in the United Kingdom does not have the same excitement it had just over a year ago - it might as well be a Monday or a Wednesday while we continue to face lockdown.

Ingmar de Vos has put plenty of his more acquiescent counterparts to shame during his relatively short tenure as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

A year later than scheduled, members of the Japan’s 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning team are next Thursday (March 25) set to carry the Olympic Flame in Fukushima at the "Grand Start" of the Torch Relay to Tokyo.

At the risk of stating the obvious, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is in a tight spot over Beijing 2022.