Jimmy Wilkins successfully defended his vert world title on the second day of action at the Skateboarding World Championships held during the Kimberley Diamond Cup in South Africa, leading home a United States clean sweep of the podium positions. 

FIFA's Presidential Election, scheduled for next February, could be postponed, it has been suggested as pressure grows for an external figure to take over the running of football's beleaguered world governing body.

Bulgaria and Italy are "90 per cent" likely to co-host the 2018 Men's World Championships, becoming the first nations to jointly hold the showpiece event, according to International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary Graça. 

Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply has been warned to speed up the process allowing international horses to be brought into the country, or risk competition at next year's Rio Olympics and Paralympics being moved outside the nation.

For some strange reason, I didn’t receive much sympathy when I told friends I would be unable to see them this weekend because I had been sent on a last-minute trip to Florida for the beach volleyball World Tour Finals.

It may have been something to do with the chance to see some top level athletes compete in one of the last big tests ahead of next year’s Olympic Games. Or, perhaps, it was something to do with a sport which stirs excitement levels probably more than any other, not to mention the prospect of 30 degree-plus heat as temperatures plummet back in Britain…

Merging SportAccord with the SportAccord Convention will be the leading item on the agenda at the body's Extraordinary General Assembly in Lausanne next month, insidethegames has learned.

I wonder how many International Olympic Committee (IOC) members have lived in a cave at any point in their lives.

Action on the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour will resume tomorrow in Tashkent, with fighters from across Asia expected to dominate proceedings.

It might just be the ultimate golden ticket for the sports shortlisted as potential additions to the programme for Tokyo 2020. 

New rules brought in by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Agenda 2020 reform process allow each Organising Committee “to make a proposal for the inclusion of one or more additional events on the programme for that edition of the Olympic Games".

It took a few moments to register that the source of the burning smell distracting me from a conversation with Hamburg 2024 bid staff was in fact me.

Rio 2016 have urged National Olympic Committees to seek "non-traditional" forms of accommodation during next year's Olympics and Paralympics, such as rented apartments through their partnership with Airbnb.

The United States won the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's World Cup and qualified for Rio 2016 on a dramatic final day which saw previously unbeaten Poland sensationally miss out on Olympic qualification entirely.

UK Sport, Britain’s elite sport funding body, has warned that any cuts stemming from this autumn’s British Government Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) could have a “significant impact” on the nation’s future sporting success.

According to SportsBusiness Journal, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking for a professional services partner to join its TOP worldwide sponsorship programme.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) says it is "honoured" to nominate Los Angeles as the American candidate in the race for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.