Tunisia's world champions Walid Ktila, Yassine Gharbi and Rima Abdelli claimed victories on the opening day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix series in Tunis.
Duncan Campbell has become the first person to be inducted into the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation's (IWRF) Hall of Fame.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the entry and ranking cut-off dates for qualification for the 2018 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters and the 2018 UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters.
Olympic Day has been has been celebrated by the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) with a series of events, many of them targeted at youngsters.
The African Sambo Championships will begin tomorrow in Hammamet in Tunisia.
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship season is set to continue this weekend with Budapest playing host to two days of competition.
Organisers of the second edition of the European Games in Minsk admit there is still a lot to do to publicise next year's event and have vowed to work along sporting and national associations to widen their appeal.
Catalan President Quim Torra has opened Tarragona’s €2.1 million (£1.8 million/$2.5 million) Palau d Esports but stopped short of saying if he would attend the opening of the Mediterranean Games here tomorrow.
The suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) is set to continue with the Taskforce assisting with the reinstatement process not scheduled to provide an update at this weekend’s International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board meeting in Bonn.
It has been revealed that seven outstanding doping cases are still being processed from the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang earlier this year.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) today announced a series of changes it has made to its policy in favour of gender equality in boxing.
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Bureau has "strongly and unanimously supported" the confirmation of the sport’s Olympic events at Paris 2024 being held in Versailles.
German investigative journalist Hajo Seppelt is not to attend the FIFA World Cup - despite being belatedly granted a visa to attend by the Russian authorities.
A dispute between the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the International Canoe Federation (ICF) over the governance of stand-up paddle (SUP) is deteriorating into more acrimony as both sides continue to publicly criticise the other.
Paris 2024 has officially appointed Anne Descamps, director of development and communications for Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche party, as its director of communications.
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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Ivo Ferriani is this week seeking to be re-elected as President of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Mike Rowbottom previews a vote which will have big implications for the sliding sports.
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