The final stage of preparations at the Chizhovka Arena, set to host judo and karate at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, is due to begin on May 1, sports facilities manager Oleg Kuchmasov has announced.
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is taking its own Disciplinary Committee to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after it decided not to punish an athletics coach for trying to bribe an anti-doping official.
A man who stabbed two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in her own home has been sentenced to eight years in jail.
The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) will host a second edition of its Baby Games next month, it has been announced.
The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) is asking the public to vote for an official mascot to support the team at future events.
England Netball, in partnership with UK Sport, have officially opened a "Netball Heritage Archive" at the University of Huddersfield’s Heritage Quay.
British Cycling has announced what it describes as an "innovative restructure" of its sprint programme, with the aim of delivering medals at Tokyo 2020 and beyond.
The World Para Snowboard Championships are due to get underway in Pyha in Finland tomorrow boasting a new snowboard cross format and the return of France's world champion Maxime Montaggioni among the highlights.
Softball Australia has named Kere Johanson as head coach of its national men’s team ahead of the World Championships in the Czech Republic this June.
Vincent Hancock from the United States sealed the gold medal in the men’s skeet at the International Shooting Sport Federation Shotgun World Cup in Acapulco today with a flawless performance in which he hit all 60 targets to equal the world record.
Minsk 2019 has signed more than 30 trademark licence agreements, including for the European Games logo and slogan, organisers in Belarus claim.
An Austrian police officer has been charged with breaking the country’s secrecy laws after a video emerged online of cross-country skier Max Hauke allegedly caught in the middle of a blood transfusion at the World Nordic Ski Championships in Seefeld.
The draw has been released for the Professional Squash Association (PSA) El Gouna International Open in Egypt, with the top eight seeds in the men’s and women’s events given byes into round two.
President of the International Luge Federation (FIL) Josef Fendt met representatives from the International Biathlon Union (IBU), International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) and Sweden’s bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, during a visit to the recent Biathlon World Championships in Östersund.
The Rugby World Cup trophy – the Webb Ellis Cup – has been to Los Angeles as part of a promotional tour ahead of this year’s tournament in Japan.
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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