England’s Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) has given its backing to World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont’s idea to move the Six Nations to April.

Mexico set up a repeat of their London 2012 bronze medal match against South Korea after beating Spain in the semi-finals of men’s recurve team competition at the second stage of the Archery World Cup in Medellín.

Britain's Andrew Picard has been suspended from membership by England’s Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) in the aftermath of admitting 10 counts of child pornography offences.

Dutch duos Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst and Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen made successful returns to International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour action today by claiming two wins each at the Antalya Open.

Great Britain’s Giles Scott has become the second most successful sailor in the Finn Gold Cup’s 60-year history after defending his world title with a day to spare in Gaeta in Italy.

Colombian teenager Carlos Daniel Serrano Zárate has been named the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for April after breaking his own world record en route to winning the men’s 100 metres breaststroke SB7 title at the swimming test event for this year's Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Karatekas with refugee status will have the opportunity to participate at the 2016 Karate World Championships in Linz in Austria, it has been announced.

Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen has announced his retirement.

The logo for the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup has been unveiled here in Ireland’s capital, which is jointly-hosting the event with Belfast.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has added the University of Utah Health Care (UUHC) to its National Medical Network (NMN).

United World Wrestling (UWW) has stripped Rio 2016 Olympic berths from countries whose athletes tested positive for meldonium at the recent European and Asian qualifying tournaments.

Czech Republic’s Barbora Hermannova and Markéta Sluková made an impressive start to the defence of their International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Antalya Open title by recording two victories on the opening day of the women’s main draw.

Roger Federer marked his return to action with a 6-3, 7-5 win over German teenager Alexander Zverev to reach the third round of the Italian Open in Rome.

American soldier Elizabeth Marks returned one of the four swimming gold medals she won today at the 2016 Orlando Invictus Games to Prince Harry, who she asked to give it to the hospital team that saved her life.