Switzerland ruled the London Marathon wheelchair race once again today as Marcel Hug improved upon his men's course record of last year by finishing in 1hour 24min 38sec after holding off a controversial late move from Daniel Romanchuk, and Catherine Debrunner was a runaway women's winner.

Hosts China, defending the men’s and women’s titles at the World Team Table Tennis Championships, produced commanding victories on the second day of competition at the Chengdu High-tech Sports Centre.

Such is the strength in depth of the field for tomorrow’s 42nd London Marathon - sponsored for the first time by TCS - that the races retain compelling elements of uncertainty despite a spate of recent withdrawals.

Ibrahim Gusau has been elected as President of Nigeria's Football Federation (NFF), replacing long-term incumbent Amaju Pinnick.

Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Zacarias Bonnat of the Dominican Republic has been elected by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes’ Commission (AC) as the third athlete representative on the IWF Executive Board.

Football clubs in Germany and England have begun altering kickoff times to reduce floodlight usage during the current energy crisis.

A list of 22 candidates has been announced by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the run-up to next month’s elections for the 2023 National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) Expert Advisory Group.

The winner of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia will earn $1.6million (£1.4 million/€1.63 million) in prize money from a total prize pool of $5.6 million (£5million/€5.7million), the ICC has announced.

Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee President, highlighted the "unifying power of sport" in speaking at the International Summit of Sport being hosted at the Vatican in Rome with Pope Francis in attendance.

Next year's World Wheelchair Curling Championship and World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will be held at the Richmond Curling Centre in British Columbia, Canada.

Russian athletes who do not support the country's invasion of Ukraine may be allowed back into international competition, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has hinted - sparking an angry reaction from Russian politicians and sports officials.

Hungary’s four-time Olympic medallist Andrea Schmid-Shapiro, whose teaching was key to the popularisation of rhythmic gymnastics in the United States, has died at her home in California aged 88.

A "ground-breaking" new modern pentathlon facility is to be built in Kunming in China to serve as the sport's Asia-Pacific Development Centre.

United World Wrestling (UWW) has approved an updated qualification process for the Paris 2024 Olympics which has switched some quota places from the 2023 World Championships to the third event offering spots for the Games, the 2024 World Olympic Qualifiers.