Ireland Lacrosse is to withdraw from the men's 2022 World Games contest in Birmingham in the United States, clearing the way for the Iroquois Nationals team to take part.

USA Football, the sport's national governing body, will manage the country's men's and women's flag football teams for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham in Alabama.

World Lacrosse, the International World Games Association (IWGA) and the World Games 2022 Birmingham Organising Committee have jointly announced that the Iroquois Nationals will be eligible to compete at the World Games, pending qualification.

The organisers of the World Games 2022 are giving locals in Birmingham in Alabama the opportunity to order an official license plate with the competition's logo on it.

World Lacrosse has confirmed that they are working with the Organising Committee of the 2022 World Games to change the format of the sport's competition to allow indigenous groups to take part.

Flag football has been added to the programme for the 2022 World Games in American city Birmingham.

Olympic basketball champion Charles Barkley has been announced as an ambassador for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham.

Parkour and breaking are among six new disciplines to have been added to the programme for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham in the United States.

International World Games Association (IWGA) treasurer Lukas Hinder has insisted the additional costs stemming from the postponement of the World Games in Birmingham are manageable for the organisation.

International World Games Association (IWGA) President José Perurena has praised the "quick and efficient" decision-making that led to the postponement of the now 2022 Birmingham World Games.

All venues for the 2021 World Games in Birmingham have been secured after the event was postponed by a year, International World Games Association (IWGA) chief executive Nick Sellers has confirmed.

World Lacrosse and World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) have approved the new date set by the International World Games Association (IWGA) for the World Games in Birmingham in the United States after it was postponed a year.

The Birmingham 2021 World Games have been moved back a year to 2022, it has been confirmed.

International Canoe Federation (ICF) President José Perurena López has returned to his home in Madrid having spent a week hospitalised after becoming infected with coronavirus.