Australia’s Michael Roeger has been voted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz athlete of the month for April after his stunning debut win at the London Marathon.
The International Skating Union (ISU) has unveiled a new Challenger Series for the synchronised skating calendar.
World Taekwondo Council members Kook Hyun Jung and Metin Sahin have repeated their under-76 kilograms final from the 1985 World Championships in what is claimed to have shown "the merit" of the sport.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) will lodge an appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to rule in favour of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in its landmark legal case against Caster Semenya, it has been claimed.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today appointed Andy Anson, the head of England’s failed bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as its new chief executive.
New Zealand won the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series event in Canada for the third time in a row after a hard-fought 21-17 victory over Australia in the final at Langford’s Westhills Stadium today.
Czech Republic have been crowned winners of the Men's Under-19 World Floorball Championships after beating Sweden 8-2 in the final in Halifax in Canada.
Sambists Daria Pavlenkova and Alexander Strelchonok will be among the Torchbearers for the Minsk 2019 Flame of Peace Relay as it continues its journey to the Belarusian capital prior to the start of the second edition of the European Games.
Hosts Italy were among the five nations to claim two gold medals as action continued at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Cup in Corridonia.
Ireland won both their matches as action continued today at the Netball Europe Open Championship on the Isle of Man.
Italy, Russia, Spain and Switzerland have all earned their place in the men’s beach soccer tournament at the 2019 Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games in San Diego after reaching the semi-finals at the European qualifier in Salou.
Reigning Olympic champion Rafaela Silva of Brazil beat current world champion Tsukasa Yoshida of Japan for the first time to secure the women’s-57 kilograms title on the opening day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam in Baku.
Slovenia’s Primož Roglič is expected to be among the main challengers for victory at the 102nd edition of the Giro d’Italia, which is set to begin tomorrow.
France's Maxence Lambert has come through the pool stage and preliminary rounds at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Men's Sabre World Cup in Madrid to set up a last-64 clash with top seed Eli Dershwitz of the United States.
Nigeria's Glory Onome Nathaniel is set to be stripped of her women's 400 metres hurdles gold medal from the 2018 African Championships after she was given a four-year doping ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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