Sierra Leone is to focus on youth at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after losing athletes following the outbreaks of both Ebola and coronavirus.

Shantou 2021 have claimed the city will benefit from preparations for the Asian Youth Games despite COVID-19 forcing the cancellation of the multi-sport event.

The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games have been postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced.

Japan is set to hold the East Asian Football Championships in July in place of China due to "recent situations of the COVID-19 pandemic."

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) world rankings are set to return to normal after being frozen in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Scotland have been forced to withdraw from the World Women’s Curling Championship in Canada after being hit by two more positive COVID-19 cases.

Reigning champions Switzerland showed no mercy against a shorthanded Scotland side impacted by COVID-19 as they cruised to a 12-1 victory on the opening day of the World Women’s Curling Championship in Canadian city Prince George.

The 31st Southeast Asian Games is set to go ahead as planned, organisers have announced, despite a recent massive upsurge in COVID-19 cases in host country Vietnam.

There have been no athletes or team officials testing positive for COVID-19 for the second day in a row at the Winter Olympics here as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hailed organisers’ efforts to shut out the virus.

Just one new COVID-19 case has been reported by organisers of the Winter Olympics here, making it the lowest daily figure linked to the Games.

There were no positive COVID-19 cases reported inside the closed loop in a 24-hour period for the first time since the system came into operation prior to the Winter Olympics here, new figures published here today revealed.

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) ice hockey head coach Evgeniy Bobariko has revealed COVID-19 cases reached double figures within his squad as they were knocked out of the women’s tournament at the Winter Olympics here.

A group of International Olympic Committee (IOC) staff have donned hazmat suits to enter an isolation facility at the Winter Olympics here in a bid to gain a better understanding of conditions for athletes hit by COVID-19.

Beijing 2022 has claimed that there have been no positive COVID-19 cases among fans attending the Winter Olympics here - but mystery surrounds the overall spectator presence at the Games.

Finland decided to follow Canada in wearing masks in their women’s ice hockey match against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) over COVID-19 safety concerns at the Winter Olympics here.