Christian Coleman underlined his credentials as sprinting’s swiftest man in the post-Bolt world as he won his first major title at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, winning the 60 metres in 6.37sec.
Brazil’s Bárbara Seixas and Fernanda Berti Alves became the first champions of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour as they won the women’s final in Fort Lauderdale.
Chloe Dygert of the United States broke the world record twice in the course of earning the gold medal in the women’s individual pursuit at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Championships in Apeldoorn.
Liesette Bruinsma of The Netherlands and Great Britain’s Stephen Clegg broke their own world records in becoming the first medallists of the 2018 World Para Swimming World Series in Copenhagen.
Maame Biney of the United States took the 500 metres title on the second day of racing in the World Junior Short Track Championships at the Ice Arena in Tomaszow Mazowieckei in Poland.
Kiyou Shimizu of Japan and Germany's Noah Bitsch were outstanding victors on the second day of the Karate 1-Series A in Salzburg.
Egypt swept the honours at the International Table Tennis Federation Africa Top 16 Cup in Nairobi as Omar Assar won the men’s title and the women’s competition was won by Dina Meshref.
France’s Christopher Patte won the men's title in the opening event of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup season in Cairo - it was his first gold in what was his first competition for over a year.
Russia’s Alexey Dengin, overall leader in the men's lead event, surprisingly failed to reach tomorrow’s final in the home city of Kirov at the fifth and last stop on the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) Ice Climbing World Tour.
The giant slalom podium at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup event in Kranjska Gora today replicated that of Pyeongchang 2018 as Austria’s Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher once again defeated Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen with Alexis Pinturault of France taking the bronze medal.
Belgium’s 23-year-old rider Tiesj Benoot won his first professional race as he came home caked in mud to take the prestigious Strade Bianche title in Siena’s Piazza del Campo.
Russia's prospects of achieving a clean sweep in the men's lead event this weekend, as the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) Ice Climbing World Tour finishes in their home city of Kirov, look rock-solid after today's qualifying.
Cuba's 19-year-old Juan Miguel Echevarria won an extraordinary men's long jump on the second day of the International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships in Arena Birmingham, with a 2018 world-leading 8.46 metres.
Three of the top four men duly progressed to the semi-finals of the 2018 International Table Tennis Federation Africa Top 16 Cup in Nairobi, but for Nigeria's 43-year-old Segun Toriola it proved a step too far.
Switzerland's Pyeongchang 2018 combined champion Michelle Gisin will return to home slopes for the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup event in Crans-Montana, which begins tomorrow.
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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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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