Ten goals from Elena Mikhaylichenko helped Russia retain their Women's Youth World Handball Championship title in Poland as the defending champions beat Hungary 29-27 in the final.
Greece secured the International Swimming Federation Men's Youth World Water Polo Championships title by beating Spain in the final in Hungary today.
Canada maintained their winning start to the men’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Hamburg by beating hosts Germany.
Ukraine dominated once again on the final night of the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin with five gold medals - although the only world record of the night came from Italy, who finished up with four titles in the session.
Hosts Kazakhstan celebrated victory on the opening day of the World University Futsal Championships in Almaty.
A week after the outstandingly successful European Athletics Championships came to a close in Berlin, the German capital prepares to welcome another wave of top athletes for the World Para Athletics European Championships, due to underway tomorrow and run until next Sunday August 26.
The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) has named a team of three athletes for this year's Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.
Two-time Olympian Jayson Terdiman will help play a leading role when USA Luge's latest slider search event takes place in his home town in Berwick in Pennsylvania at an event organised by his mother next month.
The Irish Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association have begun their search for future athletes with trials scheduled to be held in Dublin on Thursday (August 23).
United States Ski and Snowboard (USS) have announced the Waterville Valley Resort will provide the venue for their Alpine Championships in 2019 and 2021.
Indonesia President Joko Widodo officially declared the 2018 Asian Games open here tonight during a dazzling ceremony that showcased the host nation’s traditional cultures.
China’s hopes of competing in weightlifting here at the 2018 Asian Games have ended after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) vowed to adhere to the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) ban on the country.
Calgary 2026 have claimed chief executive Mary Moran will not receive a bonus should they receive a favourable outcome in the upcoming plebiscite or if they go on to be named hosts of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Los Angeles 2028 has taken its first major steps towards launching its marketing plan to raise $2.5 billion (£2 billion/€2.2 billion) in sponsorship, it has been reported.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sports Committee has unanimously proposed the programme for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, it was revealed here today.
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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Last time Jakarta hosted the Asian Games in 1962 it was an event overshadowed by a row over the participation of Israel and Taiwan. Philip Barker recounts how the Games led to a potential damaging split that caused a crisis in the Olympic Movement
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