Swimming body picks Canada to host 2016 worlds
The Canadian city of Windsor will host the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in 2016. Swimming's governing body, known as FINA, says it chose ...
Willerton new head of Tennis Integrity Unit
Jeff Rees is retiring after more than four years in charge of tennis' anti-corruption group, and former police officer Nigel Willerton will replace ...
UEFA urges ban on 3rd-party player transfer rights
UEFA stepped up opposition to investors owning stakes in players' transfer rights on Thursday, warning it would take action if FIFA failed to act.
FIFA extends bin Hammam ban during ethics probes
Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam faces further disciplinary charges after the governing body's ethics prosecutor finished ...

IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...

Olympic officials named in black market case
The IOC ordered disciplinary action against top Olympic officials from four countries on Wednesday after a British newspaper's sting alleged they ...

IOC probes SKorea footballer for political banner
The IOC says it has opened a disciplinary case against a South Korea footballer who displayed a political banner after his team beat Japan in the ...
Gibraltar debuts in UEFA competition draws
Gibraltar's national teams have been included in UEFA competition draws for the first time, a move into European football which their FA president ...
UEFA members back multi-host Euro 2020 plan
Football leaders from across Europe have told UEFA they want the 2020 European Championship to be organized in up to 13 host countries.

IOC suspends India over political interference
The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for ...
Rapid Bucharest files for insolvency
Three-time Romanian champion Rapid Bucharest has filed for insolvency after running up huge debts and faces being relegated from the top division, the ...
UEFA gives Malta player life ban for match-fixing
UEFA banned Malta international Kevin Sammut from football for life on Monday after finding him guilty of helping fix a European Championship ...
CAS bars Liberia appeal on African election rules
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it can't yet consider an appeal by Liberia for interim verdicts against new Confederation of African Football ...

Doping, ethics cases top agenda for IOC board
Four months after the highs of the London Olympics, the IOC is turning to less uplifting matters: drug-tainted medals from past games, ethics ...
Malaga faces UEFA action over unpaid player wages
Champions League contender Malaga is facing UEFA sanctions for failing to pay millions of euros (dollars) of players' wages on time, and will likely ...
UCI names 3-member panel to probe Armstrong links
An investigation panel examining the International Cycling Union's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case will include British Paralympic great ...
German FA President Niersbach to be UEFA candidate
The German football association says it will propose its president as a candidate in UEFA executive committee elections next May. Wolfgang Niersbach, ...
UEFA bans Man City coach David Platt for 2 matches
UEFA has suspended Manchester City assistant coach David Platt for two European competition matches for "improper conduct" during a Champions League ...

Long putters to go belly up
Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule banning the ...
FIFA clears Frimpong switch to Ghana from England
Emmanuel Frimpong of Arsenal can join Ghana's bid to qualify for the 2014 World Cup after FIFA switched his national eligibility from England.