Reigning world and Olympic champion Ma Long came from two games down to beat Lin Gaoyuan in the final of the International Table Tennis Federation Qatar Open in Doha.
Egypt’s Mohamed Elshorbagy gained his first World Tour title of the year by beating compatriot Tarek Momen in the final of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Grasshopper Cup in Zurich.
An adventure centre on Camano Island in Washington has been chosen to stage a regional USA Luge “slider search” in May.
Next season’s Speed Skating World Cup series will start in Minsk in November and finish four months later in Heerenveen in the Netherlands.
Kevin Kisner from the United States secured his first World Golf Championship title with victory over compatriot Matt Kuchar at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.
Tiger Woods beat Rory McIlroy but was then knocked out by Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard at the World Golf Championship-Dell Technologies Match Play.
Daniel Bali followed up his first-place finish in mixed pairs qualifying by topping the rankings in the first round of individual men’s action at the International Gymnastics Federation Aerobic World Cup in Cantanhede in Portugal.
Only Chinese players remain in the women’s singles draw at the International Table Tennis Federation Qatar Open after Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen won their quarter-finals today.
Egypt’s world number two Mohamed Elshorbagy will play in his second successive Grasshopper Cup final on the Professional Squash Association World Tour after beating compatriot Karim Abdel Gawad in Zurich.
Albert Woods will lead the European Canoe Association (ECA) as President for another four years after being re-elected unopposed at the body’s Ordinary Congress today in Belgrade.
World ParaVolley (WPV) and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which means they will "explore co-operative opportunities" across all of the sport's disciplines.
Olympic champion Sarah Hoefflin missed out on the International Ski Federation Slopestyle Skiing World Cup title by just one point, after finishing fourth at the final event of the season in Silvaplana.
The Czech Republic's second team breezed into the women's semi-finals as their first team were knocked out on the third day of action at the International Volleyball Federation's inaugural Snow Volleyball World Tour event in Austria.
USA Swimming has nominated four-time Olympic champion and Los Angeles 2028 chief athlete officer Janet Evans for the position of treasurer at the International Swimming Federation (FINA), according to website swimswam.
Hungary’s world silver medallist Daniel Bali topped mixed pairs qualifying alongside partner Fanni Mazacs today at the International Gymnastics Federation Aerobic World Cup in Cantanhede.
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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