Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan will be out to claim more hometown glory when they return to action on the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour circuit in Doha tomorrow.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today announced changes to its Diamond League format as of 2020, including a drop from 32 to 24 events, a reduction from 14 to 13 meetings and a decrease of the maximum current track event distance of 5,000 metres to 3,000m.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Task Force is requesting an urgent meeting with the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) over recent allegations that coaches involved in the sport's discredited old regime in their country are still involved with current competitors.

Controversial proposals by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Race Walking Committee to alter the current standard distances of 20 and 50 kilometres, with the latter disappearing from major international competition, have been "agreed in principle".

World records got another pounding on the final day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup Final in Salt Lake City as Kjeld Nuis of The Netherlands added a new men's 1,500 metres mark of 1min 40.17sec to the 1,000m record he had set the day before, and Japan's Miho Takagi became the first woman to break the magic 1:50 barrier in the Ladies' 1,500m.

Chinese Taipei became the first winners of the International Korfball Federation's (IKF) Beach Korfball World Cup for Asia after beating China in the final at Hong Kong's Tin Yip Road Park Artificial Sand Court.

Anna Maria Wagner of Germany won her first International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix gold on the third and final day of competition in Marrakech.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will partially employ its new world rankings - due to be introduced on a trial basis this season - to select athletes eligible for Olympic places in 2020.

Scotland's bold bid for the World Wheelchair Curling Championships title on the home ice of Stirling fell just short today as they were beaten 5-2 in the final by Paralympic champions China.

Home favourite Nikolai Kuzovlev finally won the lead title today at the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation Ice Climbing World Championships in the Russian city of Kirov.

Dylan Groenewegen, riding for Jumbo-Visma, became the first man to put on the yellow jersey at the 2019 Paris-Nice as the first major stage race of the season got underway today.

Jo Edwards, the favourite for the women's title at the Bowls World Cup in Barrack Heights, Australia, earned an automatic place in Tuesday's (March 12) semi-finals along with Malaysia's Siti Zalina Ahmad after both won their final qualifying matches today.

Presentation boomerangs were claimed by the winners of the Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Sydney - which was particularly apt in the women's section where Nicole Laird and Becchara Palmer returned the title to the home nation after Australia's defending champion pair had been knocked out.

The Utah Olympic Oval lived up to its reputation as the fastest ice in the world as the opening day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup Final produced a slew of world records in Salt Lake City.