Working in your room may be quieter and less distracting, I have always been told, but it is far better to sit and work in a hotel lobby (wearing company branded clothing, of course) because people will come up and talk to you and provide you with extra crumbs of information.

Wise words, but advice we arguably took to extremes on Saturday night by stubbornly refusing to budge despite the entire hotel being taken over by what turned out to be the biggest annual drag queen pageant in Washington D.C.

Cricket could still feature at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games, with organisers working to ensure all of the continent's best teams are present, it has been claimed. 

International Sport Shooting Federation (ISSF) President Olegario Vazquez Raña has vowed to find an alternative location to host an Asian Qualifying Competition for Rio 2016 after an event in Kuwait was stripped of its status by the International Olympic Committee. 

Doha has been confirmed as host of the 2016 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly to replace Rio Janeiro, with the event now set to take place either at the end of October or the beginning of November next year.

Next month's Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait has been stripped of its Olympic qualification status as pressure grows on the Gulf nation following the suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier this week. 

Kosovo and South Sudan have been officially confirmed as the 205th and 206th members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) here during today's General Assembly.

Doha is set to host the 2016 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in October following a decision to remove the event from initial hosts Rio de Janeiro, insidethegames has been told.

San Diego has been awarded hosting rights for the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in 2017 during this afternoon's Executive Council meeting here, subject to formal rubber stamping at tomorrow's General Assembly.

Bahrain's Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa will withdraw if Michel Platini is allowed to stand for the President of FIFA, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, a member of the world governing body's ruling Executive Committee, has told insidethegames here.

Marcel Aubut is yet to resign from his position on the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Executive Council despite being forced to relinquish his Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) Presidency following an investigation into alleged sexual harassment. 

San Diego in the United States is poised to be awarded the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in 2017, with a final decision set to be made here later this week.

One of the things which makes sport so exciting is its unpredictability.

Kuwait’s Football Association (KFA) has been suspended from FIFA with immediate effect for Government interference following the passing of a deadline imposed by the world governing body for a controversial new Sports Law to be amended.

The categories for the 2015 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Awards have been announced - with outstanding achievements and performances by athletes during the most recent editions of the five Continental Games set to be recognised.

It was the overwhelming volume of marble which struck me first following my arrival in Ashgabat for last week’s Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly, with the elegant, white buildings which monopolised every street large and grand enough to be a major tourist attraction in virtually any other city.