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.
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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The coronavirus pandemic forced a near global shutdown of sport across the world, but sports governing bodies have staged successful events despite the COVID-19 crisis. Mike Rowbottom speaks to those who have been able to do so.
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