Jessica Klimkait was the only non-Japanese champion of the competition so far as the hosts dominated again on day two of the International Judo Federation Grand Slam in Osaka.
Austria’s Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller took the gold medal in the doubles event for the hosts as Germany's women claimed a clean sweep of the podium at the International Luge Federation World Cup event in Innsbruck.
The final major tournament of 2018 is to be staged in Geelong in Australia from tomorrow as the top players from the region contest the Oceania Para Badminton Championships.
Norway's Magnus Carlsen and America's Fabiano Caruana are tied at five-and-a-half games a piece as the best of 12 contest reaches deadlock after 11 draws at the men’s World Chess Championships in London.
India qualified players for both singles and doubles finals at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Syed Modi International in Lucknow today.
France triumphed in a must-win doubles fixture against Croatia in the Davis Cup final to keep their hopes of defending their title alive in Lille.
New Zealand’s Joelle King defeated Sarah-Jane Perry of England in the women’s singles semi-finals to join three Egyptian players in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Hong Kong Open finals.
Australia have booked their place in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy final, despite losing their final round-robin match against Japan, the lowest-ranked team in the competition.
Turkey’s İrem Yaman and South Korea’s Dae-hoon Lee were named the Female and Male Player of the Year at the World Taekwondo fifth Annual Gala Awards Show in Fujairah National Theatre in the United Arab Emirates.
Olympic shooter Sneh Rajyalaxmi Rana will represent Nepal at the third edition of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Asian Athletes’ Forum which started in Tokyo today.
Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) President Ben Nunoo Mensah has met with the Japanese ambassador to Ghana Tsutomu Himeno as the country continues its preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
American Jason Brown leads the men’s event at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Grenoble in France ahead of his compatriot and competition favourite Nathan Chen.
Croatia have a 2-0 lead over the reigning champions France after Borna Coric and Marin Cilic won their singles rubbers in Lille today.
Chinese players make up three of the eight spots left across the men's and women's singles events of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Syed Modi International Badminton Championships in India.
Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini has been replaced as world number one after the defending champion was beaten in the quarter-finals of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Hong Kong Open by England’s Sarah-Jane Perry.
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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