World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) vice-president Sun Jae Park has died in Rome at the age of 78.

The United States’ Marilyn Little and Corona 93 executed a skilful double clear to win the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Cup Jumping in front of a home crowd at the Live Oak International in Ocala.

Japan’s Yuki Kadono claimed the men’s snowboard big air title at X Games Oslo as Great Britain’s Billy Morgan performed a backside 1440 triple cork to take bronze and his first X Games medal. 

Hosts Egypt won the female team kata event on the final day of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1 Premier League in Sharm El Sheikh as they finished top of the medal standings with six golds.

Cuba won five Greco-Roman gold medals on the final day of the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Frisco but were unable to prevent the United States from finishing top of the overall team standings as the hosts landed three titles of their own.

The Russian trio of Stanislav Chokhlaev, Vladislav Lekomtsev and Grigory Murygin lead the way in their respective points standings after claiming wins at the penultimate International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in Finsterau in Germany today.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) technical delegate Luis Saladie has claimed the Rio 2016 race walks will be among the most beautiful in Olympic history after seeing Claudio Flores lead an Ecuadorian podium sweep in the discipline’s test event.

The Saint Lucia Olympic Committee (SLOC) has announced the purchase of its new headquarters in La Clery. 

Iran’s Paralympic and Asian champion Majid Farzin added his name to the history books today, breaking the men’s up to 80 kilograms world record at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting World Cup in Dubai.

Rome 2024 has proposed a "low cost approach" to hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games after submitting the first part of its Candidature File to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has confirmed that junior surfers from 32 countries across all five continents have applied for the 2015 ISA Scholarship Programme with the world governing body claiming it highlights the global reach of the sport and its impact on young people across the world.

Great Britain’s five-time Paralympic equestrian champion Sophie Christiansen has today been named among the new ambassadors of Tribal Series, the United Kingdom’s first-ever mass-participation disability sports series.

Barra Olympic Park’s Carioca Arena 1 is set to host the Rio 2016 taekwondo test event this weekend as 49 athletes from 15 countries compete across four weight categories.

Los Angeles 2024 has submitted the first part of its Candidature File for the Olympics and Paralympics to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), pledging to stage a "New Games for a New Era".