Key sporting figures have officially opened the United Through Sports (UTS) World Virtual Youth Festival, with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and his International Paralympic Committee (IPC) counterpart Andrew Parsons among the speakers at the official Launch Ceremony.

Caroline Casey and Stephen Frost have been named speakers at the 2021 Inclusion Summit, being staged jointly by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the World Academy of Sport (WAoS) with the support of the International Disability Alliance.

The undefeated American shot putter Ryan Crouser and double Olympic medallist Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda are among the five finalists for World Athletics' Male World Athlete of the Year award, with Sweden's Daniel Ståhl among those who missed out.

International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) President Kerrith Brown has met Panhellenic Mixed Martial Arts Federation (PMMAF) counterpart Dimitris Dimitrou during a visit to Greece.

National Federations from India, Indonesia and Vietnam have joined World Lacrosse as new provisional members, while the global body's first diversity and inclusion director Sabah Cambrelen has attended her first Board meeting.

Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger has warned that the City Council risks abandoning "the entire Commonwealth Games process" if it fails to ratify a closed-session recommendation relating to the proposed bid for the 2030 edition.

A protest against the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games has been staged in the French capital Paris by six groups advocating Tibetan rights.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Para Sport World Cup season begins tomorrow, with back-to-back events scheduled in Lake Placid in the United States.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka and International Testing Agency (ITA) director Benjamin Cohen spoke at the United Through Sports (UTS) World Virtual Youth Festival today as a further two workshops were held prior to tomorrow's official Launch Ceremony.

Defending overall Ski Jumping World Cup champion Halvor Egner Granerud of Norway triumphed in the second event of the 2021-2022 season in Nizhny Tagil.

Suzanne Schulting of The Netherlands completed a clean sweep of women's events at the International Skating Union's (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating in Debrecen, winning the 1,000 metres and contributing to a Dutch victory in the 3,000m relay.

Australian official Geoff Allardice has been named as the permanent chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), having held the role on an interim basis for the last eight months.

Uganda's Olympic bronze medallist Jacob Kiplimo has broken the half marathon world record with a time of 57min 31sec in the Portuguese capital Lisbon.

The co-author of the Pacific Games Charter and former Pacific Games Council (PGC) President Roger Kaddour has died at the age of 93 in Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia.