Australia’s Emma McKeon will seek to maintain her lead at the top of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup standings at the penultimate event of the season in Doha.

Sweden’s Peder Fredricson and Britain’s Ben Maher are set to battle it out for the Global Champions Tour (GCT) title as the season comes to a close in Šamorín in Slovakia.

Uruguayan football star Diego Forlán has received a teqball table from the country's national federation.

Kampala will host the All-African Badminton Championships from tomorrow, with seven days of competition scheduled in the Ugandan capital.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and World Academy of Sport are supporting the 2021 Inclusion Summit, with the two-day event aimed at providing insight into how sport for people with disabilities can drive the inclusion agenda.

Paralympian Patrick O'Leary has been added to the International Canoe Federation's (ICF) Athletes' Committee.

Men's group winners all progressed in straight sets at the European Sitting Volleyball Championships at the Antalya Sports Hall in Kemer.

Top-three seeds Paul Coll and Tarek Momen each won through to the Qatar Classic quarter-finals in straight games a remain on course to meet in the semi-finals.

Saudi Arabia is set to host the second event of the inaugural Global Esports Tour season with three days of competition taking place from October 24 to October 26.

The Olympic Flame has been passed on to Beijing 2022 in a low-key handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. 

Australian Sports Minister Richard Colbeck has admitted Brisbane hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is likely to cost more than the initial budget of AUD5 billion (£2.7 billion/$3.7 billion/€3.2 billion).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been dragged into a bitter dispute linked to this week's European Shooting Confederation Presidential election after one of the candidates called on the organisation to provide "guidance" on a potential conflict of interest.

Human rights groups say they are worried that the Chinese Government will attempt to influence legal proceedings against activists who unveiled banners at the Acropolis protesting against the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games yesterday.

A report published today by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed wrongdoing by representatives from British Cycling and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) in connection with accusations that cyclists' samples were analysed privately for the purposes of screening for a banned substance.