Former junior world number one and home favourite Siril Verma suffered elimination from the Badminton World Federation (BWF) India Super Series in New Delhi today after losing his first-round qualifying match against South Korea’s Jeon Hyeok Jin.

The majority of quota places for next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang will be decided at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, where action is due to get underway tomorrow.

The World Olympians Association (WOA) is urging athletes around the world to get behind Peace and Sport’s #WhiteCard digital campaign.

Demchigjav Zagdsuren has been re-elected President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) for a fifth four-year term.

An international football friendly between Ivory Coast and Senegal was abandoned after fans invaded the pitch and confronted the players at the Stade Charléty in Paris.

Serbian football club Partizan Belgrade have had their ban from UEFA competition over unpaid debts lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has denied a report by his own organisation that he has resigned from his position.

Australian Sports Minister Greg Hunt has rejected claims that the Federal Government is taking sides in the country’s Olympic Committee's Presidential election race. 

Austria and Italy won the respective men's and women's team events as action at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup final in Veysonnaz in Switzerland came to an end today.

Austria's Stefan Kraft clinched his first-ever overall International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup title after triumphing at the final event of the season on the flying hill in Planica in Slovenia today.

A partnership agreement has been signed between the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Japan and Finland.

Former rugby league player Ross Bevan has had his suspension from all sport extended by seven years and three months following a second anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) have expressed gratitude to the Government of Canada following the announcement that it would be increasing annual funding allocated to their Athlete Assistance Programme (AAP) by CAD$5 million (£3 million/$3.7 million/€3.5 million) over five years.

The Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games held last month were "doping-free", according to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).