A small but significant moment in International Olympic Committee (IOC) history comes to pass today, as a princely family-member from a 62 square-mile speck of Central Europe takes over as the organisation’s longest-serving voting member.

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) doyen Richard Pound has advised Thomas Bach against seeking to extend his IOC Presidency beyond 2025.

Richard Pound, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) doyen, has urged reform of the "whereabouts requirement" used for out-of-competition drug testing, claiming that a "game" is currently being played with respect to missed tests.

The newly-renamed World Aquatics is forecasting a surprisingly big loss for 2022 following a significant decline in the investment performance of its reserve funds.

Pressure is mounting on the International Fencing Federation (FIE) to maintain its exclusion of athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIE competitions, as the clock ticks down towards the FIE Congress in Lausanne later this month, where the topic is on the agenda.

The United States media conglomerate Comcast has posted a third-quarter loss after including $8.6 billion (£7.5 billion/€8.6 billion) of impairment charges related to its United Kingdom-centred Sky media and telecommunications business.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has posted an annual profit for the first time since 2017, as the heavily COVID-impacted Pro League moved close to breakeven.

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) expects to dip heavily into its reserves this year and next, according to a new draft budget circulated ahead of next month’s Ordinary Congress in Lausanne.

Spending by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) on its World Beach Games dossier amounted to less than $15,000 (£13,350/€15,300) over the first six months of this year, as the organisation seemingly strove to live within its much-reduced means.

The Ukrainian Fencing Federation (UFF) has renewed and sharpened its appeal for Russian athletes to be kept out of international sport.

The Ukrainian Fencing Federation (UFF) has urged Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis and other senior International Fencing Federation (FIE) officials to "prevent" the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to the international sports arena.

World Athletics has quietly entered into an agreement to lend $2 million (£1.75 million/€2 million) to Diamond League AG.

Broadcasting rights fees covering the Pyeongchang 2018-Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle in the Middle East and Africa appear to have reached little more than half of the values achieved for the 2013-2016 quadrennium.

The dividend from Tokyo 2020 has helped World Athletics to boost cash reserves after a year characterised by President Sebastian Coe as a time when the sport learnt how to dance in the rain.