A small demonstration against Tokyo hosting the rearranged Olympic Games in the middle of the global COVID-19 pandemic has been held in the Japanese capital a day before International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates is due to arrive there.

Kazakhstan has started celebrating Olympic Day with a series of activities across the country.

Loughborough University's executive director of sport John Steele has been recognised by the British Queen in her Birthday Honours List.

Richard McLaren, the man whose forensic examination of Russian doping has led to the country being banned from competing under its own flag at major events, has been hired by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to investigate allegations of corruption during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he announced today.

Britain will not set a medal target for the rearranged Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the problems caused in preparation by the COVID-19 pandemic, Team GB’s Chef de Mission Mark England has revealed.

NBCUniversal (NBCU) has announced that it plans to broadcast more than 7,000 hours of content on several channels during the rearranged Olympic Games in Tokyo - its most ever.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has hailed the news that parkrun is set to return in more than 500 locations in England on June 26 after several local authorities gave the popular fun runs a green light.

A new Teqball Centre has been opened in Northern Ireland by a social enterprise that uses football to help people with issues such as homelessness, addiction, unemployment, mental health and social marginalisation.

Umar Kremlev today celebrated his six-month anniversary as President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), hailing a series of initiatives designed to help the world governing body regain its Olympic position, including putting it back on a firm financial footing and dealing with judging scandals.

A special 2,024 metres mass participation race is set to be the highlight of Olympic Day celebrations in Paris later this month. 

The United States has formally announced that it is going to bid for the Rugby World Cup, which could potentially help expand the footprint of the sport into a lucrative new market.

South Africa’s kit for the rearranged Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, designed by four young, emerging local designers from KwaZulu-Natal, has been unveiled. 

Britain has pulled out of this year’s World Athletics U20 Championships in Kenya because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Copa América will kickoff in Brazil on Sunday (June 13) after the country’s Supreme Federal Court ruled against calls for it to be cancelled amid fears that it could help make the country’s already dire fight against COVID-19 worse.