Slovakia’s London 2012 bronze medallist Danka Barteková built on her opening day qualifying lead at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Cairo to win the women’s skeet gold today.

Daisy Kudre, who won the first ever World Ski Orienteering Championships gold for hosts Estonia in yesterday’s sprint event, followed up with silver today in the women’s pursuit in Otepää.

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) and the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the promotion and strengthening of the sport for athletes with visual impairments.

Six new universities have joined the Healthy Campus programme run by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), bringing the total involved to 57 from 33 countries.

France’s Six Nations match against Scotland in Paris, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday (February 28) has been postponed following the announcement that an 11^th member of the French squad has tested positive for COVID-19.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a live-streaming deal with global sports group IMG to cover qualifying matches from three World Cups.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Twitch have announced a multi-year collaboration to bring more basketball content to the interactive live streaming service.

Kenya has banned its athletes from taking part in this Saturday’s (February 27) Kilimanjaro Marathon in Tanzania because of growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the host country.

Team Gullit, Zeta Gaming and Genoa Esports made a strong start as the FIFAe Club World Cup, boasting a $350,000 (£252,000/€286,000) prize pot, got underway today with matches being played on EA Sports' FIFA 21.

Home favourites Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan have made a strong start to the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup, the one-star competition that is getting the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour underway in 2021.

Grant Holloway finally hunted down the world 60 metres hurdles record he has been chasing all season as he clocked 7.29sec in the concluding World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Madrid - 0.01 inside the mark set by Britain’s Colin Jackson in 1994.

Cyprus’s Georgios Achilleos, the 2007 world champion and 2018 Commonwealth champion, is joint leader of men’s skeet qualifying as the field heads towards tomorrow’s final at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Cairo.

Russia’s Vladislav Kiselev, competing as a neutral athlete in accordance with the recent World Anti-Doping Agency sanction against the country, won sprint gold on the opening day of the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Otepää in Estonia today.

Chicago will host the re-scheduled 2020-2021 Squash World Championships from July 10 to 17, when players compete for $1million (£700,000/€822,000) in prize money for only the second time in the sport’s history, it has been announced.