The World Athletics Heritage Award, created by World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe, recognises "an outstanding contribution to the global history and development of the sport". The announcement comes with just a few days left to enter the Great North Run ballot, the organisation informed.

Azerbaijan's super heavyweight boxer Muhammad Abdullayev has been training in the United States for six months ahead of his second Olympic appearance in Paris next summer.

Born in Brazil, he is of Italian descent and holds dual citizenship. He has represented both countries internationally as a left-handed hitting catcher and now he manages the Austrian Champions Diving Ducks and will be part of Team Europe's coaching staff.

Following a new injection of funding from sportscotland and the Scottish Funding Council, Scotland's national sports scholarship programme for talented student-athletes has been relaunched as "Winning Students 100".

To promote the World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024, the Local Organising Committee has worked with ambassadors, including former World Champions, Olympic medallists and star athletes who will be competing from 2-18 February 2024.

The former ExtraLiga star outfielder became the first manager to lead the Czech Republic to the World Baseball Classic. He will serve as manager Marco Mazzieri's first base coach. "World baseball needs European baseball to be strong," he stressed.

His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Daij Al Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Paralympic Committee, met with His Excellency Mr. Firas Gharaibeh, Acting Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme.

The World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024 Opening Ceremony promoted peace and unity through sport as it showcased Qatar's deep connection with water during in an immersive and exciting show at the Aspire Dome.

The past two weeks have been marked by the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea, an event organised by the International Olympic Committee, South Korea. Italy topped the medals table and Antonin Guy and Angel Daleman were crowned King and Queen of the event.

A total of 18 teams will open the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Women's Softball World Cup in three groups of six teams at three different venues in Monteria, Colombia, in in Pingtan, China and in Dallas, USA.

The National Olympic Commitees "Clean Sport Education Guide" for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is a resource developed by the International Testing Agency (ITA) in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and with the support of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Volleyball Australia has announced international sports administrator Jenny Mann as Chief Executive Officer of the Adelaide 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

US long jumper Bob Beamon parted with the Olympic gold medal he won at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City with an epic leap of 8.90 metres (29 feet) - the standing Olympic record - for $441,000 on Thursday.

World Para Swimming, with the support from Citi, has announced the launch of Swim Together, a learn to swim and water safety programme tailored for young people and people with disabilities.