Double Olympic swimming silver medallist Maddie Groves has withdrawn from Australia's Tokyo 2020 trials after taking aim at "misogynistic perverts" in the sport.
A lifetime ban for a weightlifting coach has cost Mexico four quota places for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The world's best judoka have elected a new International Judo Federation (IJF) Athletes' Commission, which represents all five continental regions, at the ongoing World Championships in Budapest.
A race walking mixed team event is set to make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024, following confirmation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board that it will be the mixed-gender contest added to the athletics programme.
The European Fencing Championships in Plovdiv have been delayed until at least the autumn, following on from the cancellation of last year's event in Minsk because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Parkrun has written to the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning a further delay to its return is now "likely" and that it is therefore "fearful for our future".
Germany's Anna Maria Wagner claimed her first world title after winning the women's under-78-kilogram final on the sixth day of the International Judo Federation World Judo Championships at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest.
The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships continued today with 81 athletes taking part in qualification for the men's individual final in modern pentathlon.
Top seed Novak Djokovic and fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the French Open men’s singles final after a dramatic day at Roland Garros, that saw Rafael Nadal lose for only the third time at the venue in 108 matches.
Former champions Italy opened the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 with a convincing 3-0 victory over Turkey in Rome.
Italy, hosts Spain and Greece earned the three Tokyo 2020 team berths at the International Swimming Federation's (FINA) Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament (ASOGQT) in Barcelona.
Amidst emotional scenes at the World Karate Federation’s final qualifier in Paris, nine karateka earned places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where the sport will make its debut.
South Africa’s 31-year-old Simone Ackermann lived up to her billing as favourite to win the Africa Triathlon title at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.
Defending champions and tournament hosts The Netherlands reached the final of the women’s EuroHockey Championships after a 3-1 victory over Belgium in Amsterdam.
The Netherlands' Tokyo 2020 athletes maintained their leads in the respective 49er and 49erFX competition on the third day of racing at the World Cup in their home venue of Medemblik.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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New International Swimming Federation President Husain Al-Musallam has promised sweeping change of the organisation, including a renewed focus on athletes, an increase in prize money and not tolerating discrimination, as Mike Rowbottom reports.
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