A British rally driver has been banned from all sport for eight years after breaching anti-doping rules for a second time.

The 2019 London Marathon will double up as this year’s World Para Athletics Marathon Championships, it has been announced.

The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) are petitioning to get their electric competition format Trial-E into the Olympic Games, it has been reported.

The British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Conference 2019 will take place at the University of the West of England with the theme "100 years of university sport", it has been announced.

The opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation Pan America Cup in Guaynabo in Puerto Rico came to an end with Ecuador’s Alberto Miño and Mexico’s Yadira Silva finishing top of their respective groups in the men’s and women’s competitions.

For the second year in a row the United States men’s team beat Chile 2-0 to win the final at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Team Cup Americas Qualifier in Orlando.

The International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dresden began today with early round action in nine different events.

The International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) new look Davis Cup began today with action starting across 12 qualifiers featuring 24 countries.

Ryoyu Kobayashi’s comparative drop off in form continued today as the Japanese overall World Cup leader finished 14th on day one of the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup in Oberstdorf in Germany.

Matthieu van der Poel will be the heavy favourite for the men’s title when the International Cycling Union (UCI) Cyclo-Cross World Championships takes place this weekend in Bogense in Denmark.

Slovenia took the gold and silver medals today in the youth men’s sprint at the International Biathlon Union Youth/Junior World Championships in Osrblie.

An acrobatic overhead kick from Almoez Ali, as well as goals from Abdelaziz Hatim and Akram Afif, saw Qatar beat Japan 3-1 today in the United Arab Emirates to lift the Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup for the first time.

Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States and Petra Vlhová from Slovakia have been forced to share the spoils at the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup in Maribor after both skiers finished the giant slalom event with the same time.

Germany’s Timo Boll and Romania’s Bernadette Szőcs will look to defend their titles this weekend when the European Table Tennis Union Europe Top 16 Cup takes place in Montreux in Switzerland.