Hosts The Netherlands won two A finals and two B finals today at the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup in Heerenveen.
Ryoyu Kobayashi underlined his claim to being the world’s best ski jumper at the moment with a towering victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in the Swiss resort of Engelberg.
Mikael Kingsbury has shown off his imperious form once again to win the first dual moguls competition of the season at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Thaiwoo.
Canada’s Crispin Duenas has won men’s recurve gold at World Archery’s Indoor Archery World Series event in Rome having topped qualification yesterday.
Russia took gold and silver medals on the fourth and final day of the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Kyoto.
Norway’s 17-year-old Vilda Nilsen earned her third cross-country gold medal in three races at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti in Finland on a day of sprint events.
Russia’s Maria Tolokonina and Nikolai Kuzovlev were crowned winners at the inaugural Ice Climbing World Combined Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Sport England has pledged to continue funding England Netball up until 2021.
The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA).
World champions Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El Welily have discovered their potential route to the final of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tournament of Champions with the draw having been made.
Salt Lake City has been selected as the United States' candidate for a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Russian Ambassador to Austria has reportedly said that no evidence of doping by Russian biathletes was provided during a meeting with Austrian prosecutors, with the International Biathlon Union (IBU) saying they will take no action "at this time".
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) will not consider bankruptcy protection as the organisation faces lawsuits from gymnasts over the Larry Nassar crisis.
The Spanish Basketball League (ACB) has become a shareholder of the Basketball Champions League in a move described as a "landmark moment".
United World Wrestling (UWW) have paid tribute to two-time Olympic champion Soslan Andiyev following his death at the age of 66.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
As the year draws to a close, the International University Sports Federation is preparing for a busy 2019 with two Universiades to organise in Krasnoyarsk and Naples. Mike Rowbottom speaks to FISU President Oleg Matytsin about how preparations are progressing for the two events.
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