The National Women's Ice Hockey League (NWHL) has rebranded to become the Premier Hockey Federation.

The Italian town of Roccaraso in the Apennine Mountains is gearing up to host the 2021 Inline Hockey World Championships.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has expressed its anger at coach Ravi Shastri and captain Virat Kohli for attending a public event in London.

The Argentina Football Association has released Emiliano Martínez, Emiliano Buendía, Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso from the national football team after the quartet lied on COVID-19 quarantine documents.

Alpine Canada has announced its ambitions to become one of the world's best ski-racing nations through a five-year strategic plan, titled "Made for Canada – The Future for Ski Racing in Canada".

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) wicketkeeper Ghulam Shabber has been handed a four-year ban from all forms of cricket for breaching six counts of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Code during the series against Nepal and Zimbabwe in 2019.

Abid Jahangir Riaz, son of the late Jahangir Riaz, has vowed to revolutionise boxing in Pakistan with the financial might of his father's company, Green Hill, which provides equipment for combat sports.

Hungary dominated the 2021 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Juniors and Under-23 Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning 29 medals including 17 golds in the Portuguese town of Montemor-o-Velho.

Mike Schloesser is expected to take the European Field Archery Championships 2021 in Poreč in Croatia by storm, with a total of 19 gold medals available at the event.

Sports memorabilia company Fanatics has secured a deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) for the exclusive licenses to produce baseball cards.

Just weeks after it won gold at Tokyo 2020, Germany will go into the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) Dressage European Championships 2021 on a high, expecting yet more medals.

Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo, says the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics have provided "great courage and inspiration" to people in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Seiko Hashimoto, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, spoke about her pride in hosting the Olympics and Paralympics despite the challenges presented by COVID-19.

American tennis player Sloane Stephens says she has received over 2,000 messages of racist and sexist abuse after her third-round defeat to Germany's Angelique Kerber in the US Open.