Russia became the European Games - and European Championship - judo mixed team champions here tonight in the most dramatic of circumstances after coming back from 3-0 down against Portugal to win 4-3 thanks to a sudden-death golden score deciding contest.

Belarusian Vasil Kiryienka successfully retained his European Games men's road cycling time trial title here having only just returned to competition following a year out due to a heart problem.

New Zealand's Oli Chignell and Australia's Melissa Duncan won the men's and women's 5,000 metres respectively as the Oceania Athletics Championships opened in Townsville.

Jurien Gaari scored a dramatic goal in the last seconds of the game to earn Curaçao a 1-1 draw with Jamaica and save them from elimination at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football Gold Cup.

Cameroon began their defence of the African Cup of Nations with a 2-0 win against minnows Guinea-Bissau in Ismailia in Egypt.

Azza Besbes' run of eight women's sabre titles in a row at the African Fencing Championships was brought to an end as her compatriot Amira Ben Chaabane instead struck gold in Bamako.

Belarus edged Wales 2-1 in the fifth-place play-off as action continued today at the International Hockey Federation Series Finals event in Valencia.

Hosts England's hopes of reaching the semi-finals at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s World Cup were dealt a serious blow after they suffered a crushing defeat against Australia at Lord's today.

Shannon McIlroy remains as the only undefeated player left in the men's singles as he seeks a second title at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast.

Three countries will take to the field in the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Qualifier Europe which begins in Murcia tomorrow.

The International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) has confirmed that classification for the Paralympic sports of athletics, swimming and table tennis will be available at the 2019 INAS Global Games in Brisbane.

USA Triathlon has announced that Rio 2016 Olympian Joe Maloy has been hired as coordinator of its Collegiate Recruitment Programme (CRP), which identifies and recruits top-level National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) runners and swimmers to elite triathlon.

Three new auditory road crossings have been installed in Fort Wayne as it prepares to host the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball and Judo International Qualifier.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard chief of sport Luke Bodensteiner is set to leave his position in mid-July, the Olympic governing body has announced.