The Netherlands lived up to their billing as one of speed skating's dominant forces on day two of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Heerenveen, winning five out of the six finals.
Norway won their first team event of the men's International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup season, with individual leader Halvor Egner Granerud top of the podium once again.
The Netherlands' Suzanne Schulting has defended her 1500 metres and 500m titles on day two of the International Skating Union European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Gdańsk in Poland.
France's Julia Simon won today's women's 12.5-kilometre mass start in a thrilling finish with Sweden's Hanna Öberg at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Biathlon World Cup in Antholz-Anterselva in Italy.
Hickory Point Beach is to become the national training site for the USA Volleyball (USAV) beach ParaVolley programme after a foundation donated $100,000 (£73,000/€82,000) to support the beach ParaVolley set-up at the Floridian location.
Glenn de Blois of The Netherlands took a shock maiden win at the first International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup race of the 2020-2021 season in Chiesa in Valmalenco in Italy.
Swimming Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) have provisionally nominated six athletes to represent the country in the sport at this year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The World Curling Federation (WCF) has named New Holland as the presenting sponsor for its upcoming Men's World Championship, set to take place in Calgary in Canada.
Next month's British Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) Healthy Campus initiative has accepted its 50th institution - the University of Rio Verde in Goiás in Brazil.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has paid tribute to the swimming coach who discovered Dawn Fraser, Harry Gallagher, after his death aged 96.
Today's International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup qualification in Lahti has been cancelled due to unsafe jumping conditions.
The first day of the 2021 International Skating Union European Short Track Speed Skating Championships saw most - but not all - of the favourites progress in Gdańsk in Poland.
Canada and The Netherlands started International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Heerenveen with gold medals in the women's and men's team pursuit respectively.
With the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games now only one year away, organisers in Kazan and Special Olympics executives have expressed their support for the upcoming competition.
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.
Commonwealth Games England - Media and Communications Executive - London, United Kingdom
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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