FIFA President Sepp Blatter (pictured) announced in Zurich on Thursday that the world football federation has selected Russia to host the 2018 World Cup and has awarded Qatar the hosting honour for 2022.
FIFA’s executive committee votes today on the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup games amid controversial allegations of corruption. FIFA President Sepp Blatter acknowledged simultaneous voting 'a mistake'.
The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that it would look into corruption allegations against one of its members who was named in a BBC report targeting three FIFA officials, vowing to pursue a "zero tolerance" policy on corruption.
Juan Antonio Samaranch (pictured), a former International Olympic Committee president, has died at the age of 89 in Barcelona. He had been suffering from a severe heart problem.
The International Olympic Committee re-elected Belgian Jacques Rogge, who ran unopposed, as president until 2013. Rogge, 67, was first elected for eight years in 2001 in Moscow.
As Copenhagen gears up for the International Olympic Committee's announcement on which city will host the 2016 Olympic Games on Friday, the leaders of Brazil, the US, Spain and Japan all descended on the city to support their nations' bids.
President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen this week to support Chicago's Olympic bid for the 2016 Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) votes on the issue on October 2.
The International Olympic Committee's executive board selected rugby sevens and golf as potential new sports for the 2016 Olympic Games. Seven sports have been shortlisted, but only two of them will be added to the 26 sports already scheduled.
The International Olympic Committee has announced that six out of 948 samples re-tested for a new doping drug have come out positive, implicating six athletes. Italian cycling silver medallist Davide Rebellin is the only name known yet.
