Events

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics officially opened yesterday (Tuesday), with organisers hailing the biggest-ever athlete contingent for making it to the Games against a challenging pandemic backdrop

The remainder of the 2021 season of Vietnam’s top football division, V.League 1, has been cancelled, the Vietnam Football Federation has announced.

New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia have agreed a new Super Rugby format, despite mounting frustrations between the two governing bodies

Fina, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has confirmed the final calendar for the 2021 Swimming World Cup, with four legs to be held throughout October in Europe and the Middle East

The International Ice Hockey Federation has said it expects to schedule a Women’s World Championship in 2022, the same year as the 2022 winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

Singles champions to see lower prizes while overall pool reaches record level

The World Endurance Championship has signalled its intention to return to a three-continents calendar in 2022, while Automobile Club de l’Ouest has agreed a deal to continue as promoter of the motor-racing s…

An agreement has been reached between the members of the Sanzaar rugby grouping to host the remaining matches of this year's Rugby Championship in Queensland, Australia

The Global Association of International Sports Federations has launched a host city selection process for future editions of its multi-sport events, including the World Urban Games, World Combat Games…

SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has offered to host the remainder of the 2021 Rugby Championship following the cancellation of fixtures in New Zealand

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has postponed the inaugural Parkour World Championships for a third time due to Covid-19

World Table Tennis (WTT), the in-house commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has opened the bidding for the hosting rights to 2022 Youth Series events

Motorsport in India is set for a major boost with the debut of International Automobile Federation-backed (FIA) events, the Formula Regional Indian Championship and Formula 4 Indian Championship

Major League Baseball has confirmed that its highly popular Field of Dreams game will return next year, with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs taking part in the tentpole event

New Zealand Rugby has announced that several forthcoming Test matches for both the men’s All Blacks and women’s Black Ferns have been cancelled in response to the latest lockdown and travel restrictions in …

The Asian Football Confederation has announced that the final of the AFC Champions League 2021, along with the quarter-finals and semi-finals for the Western region, will be held in Saudi Arabia

The Ironman Group has bolstered its events portfolio with the acquisition of the Haute Route multi-day cycling series and the Gravel Epic, a multi-day gravel race event series

Two major Asian motorcycle races have fallen victim to the pandemic in the last 24 hours, with the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang International Circuit in October and the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance World Championship…