Working papers for next month’s SportAccord General Assembly seen by insidethegames show the sheer scale of the downsizing forced on the umbrella body for Olympic and non-Olympic sports, as a consequence of the devastating fall-out from the bombshell speech delivered last year in Sochi by Marius Vizer, the then SportAccord President.

Arm wrestling, poker and rugby league have been recommended for full membership of SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for Olympic and non-Olympic sports, according to documents seen by insidethegames.

Switzerland's Patrick Bauman and Russia's Anna Arzhanova have put themselves forward to be the new President of SportAccord, insidethegames can exclusively reveal.

SportAccord has abandoned its proposal to reduce membership to just four umbrella Federations in new draft Statutes circulated to members today, reverting back to the traditional system of each constituent sporting body being a full member.

A proposal to merge SportAccord and SportAccord Convention has been postponed following a Council meeting in Lausanne today, with the former body to remain composed of individual sports rather than just four umbrella bodies.

Delegate and exhibition registration for the 2016 SportAccord Convention in Lausanne is now open online.

SportAccord Convention today launched the search to find hosts for 2017 and 2018 just two days after announcing Lausanne as the venue for next year's event.

Lausanne was today confirmed as the host for next year's SportAccord Convention, ending an eight-month search to find a city to stage the Olympic Movement's biggest conference and networking opportunity. 

Plans to reform the statutes and composition of SportAccord are facing much opposition, insidethegames understands, with the proposal for the body to only have four voting members proving particularly controversial.

Lausanne has emerged as a leading candidate to host the 2016 SportAccord Convention, insidethegames has learned, as a merger between the organisation and SportAccord was approved at an Extraordinary General Meeting here today.

A crucial moment in the history of SportAccord is set to take place here tomorrow with an Extraordinary General Meeting at which a proposed merger with SportAccord Convention will be discussed, followed by the opening of the ninth International Federations (IF) Forum.

A letter reiterating the aims of next week's crunch SportAccord Extraordinary General Meeting has been sent out by Council chairman Gian-Franco Kasper following more suggestions there is no longer any need for the body.

Dubai has withdrawn from hosting the 2016 SportAccord Convention, a major blow for the annual event as it continues its rebuilding process following a tumultuous year.

Officials in Dubai are in "final discussions" with SportAccord Convention to host next year's event and hope a decision will be reached in the next two weeks, the Dubai Sports Council secretary general has revealed today.

Rotating the SportAccord Presidency between three year terms of representatives from the four consituent groups of International Federations is among proposals in new draft statutes of the organisation circulated to members this week.