After setting a trend in boxing and seeing World Athletics follow through for the upcoming Olympics, the International Boxing Association (IBA) announced on Wednesday it plans to pay medallists while also guaranteeing them rights to future title fights, a groundbreaking decision in the sport.

Paying amateur athletes has for a long time been a high-voltage debate within college sports circles in the United States, as well as the Olympic movement. Ardent defenders of the purity of the game often face the harsh reality of the current landscape in a cut-throat business world.

A new era for women's basketball gets underway on Tuesday when Caitlin Clark makes her full professional debut for the Indiana Fever as the new WNBA season begins, Agence France-Presse reports. 

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the NCAA Office of Inclusion continue the Para-College partnership with four key activations in 2024 in wheelchair basketball, track and field, and wheelchair tennis.

A total of 30 student athletes have been named by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for its 2023 Woman of the Year Award.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker is pushing for a name, image, likeness (NIL) policy to be passed by the United States Congress.

The United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) has recommended cannabis to be removed from banned drug classes.

Six university basketball teams in the United States have secured "Mamba" programmes in honour of double Olympic champion Kobe Bryant.

The University of Nebraska has beaten the record for a one-day women's sports event after attracting a crowd of 92,003 to its Volleyball Day.