A second doping case has been opened against Russia's Tatyana Chernova, the heptathlete who beat Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill to the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, following her return from a two-year ban.

FIFA's Member Associations have followed the advice of the Executive Committee by approving the extensive set of reforms with an overwhelming majority here today.

FIFA’s 2015 deficit may weigh in at $108 million (£77 million/€98 million), $78 million more than the budgeted figure of $30 million, as the football body’s crisis continues to take its toll on the bottom-line.

Qualifiers from Brazil and Germany continued their superb runs at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour Maceió Open by each winning their respective pools to advance to the knockout stage of the women's draw.

Planned reforms due to be introduced by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe have been unanimously supported by the sport's six Area Associations following a meeting of the respective Presidents at Cap d'Ail in France.

France's Camille Lecointre enjoyed a dream birthday as she and Helene Defrance maintained their overall lead on a day of change at the 470 World Championships in San Isidro.

Football’s global club leagues should have a place on FIFA’s Executive Committee and should be able to participate in the decision making process to help rebuild the shattered reputation of the sport’s governing body, French Football League President Frédéric Thiriez claimed here today.

"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will vote as a bloc. Whether it is 53 or 50, that is the question; not whether it is 53 or 26.”

Russia's Anastasija Galashina won a pulsating women's 10m air rifle final as junior action continued at the European Shooting 10 metres Championships in Györ today.

Poland enjoyed a superb day of racing at the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships in Eilat, with Piotr Myszka and Malgorzata Bialecka leading overall in the respective male and female competitions.

Frenchman Jérôme Champagne has become the latest candidate for the FIFA Presidency to have an attempt to postpone tomorrow's election dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Katie Archibald has been forced to withdraw from Britain’s squad for the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Track Cycling Championships after failing to recover from a knee injury.

Ukraine's Anna Mishchenko has been stripped of her 1500 metres silver medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki after being handed a two-year doping ban for an adverse athlete biological passport (ABP) finding.

FIFA Presidential candidate Gianni Infantino has received the backing of disaffected territories Crimea and Gibraltar in his bid for the top job at world football’s governing body.