Spain started the defence of their Davis Cup Finals title with a comprehensive win against Ecuador in Madrid.

The Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup, scheduled to be held in South Africa next month, has been postponed due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant in the country.

Sweden and Scotland will meet in the women’s final at the European Curling Championships in Lillehammer after both nations recorded narrow wins in the last four today.

Sweden, France and Croatia won their opening group matches on day one of the new-look Davis Cup Finals.

Marita Kramer of Austria, who has won the last four women’s Ski Jumping World Cup legs, topped qualifying at the first event of the new season in Nizhny Tagil, Russia.

The family of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President who created the sport of modern pentathlon, has issued a statement saying that any changes to the sport must "embody the spirit of pentathlon".

Karolina Plíšková recovered from a set and a break down to defeat compatriot Barbora Krejčíková and keep her hopes of a WTA Finals place alive in Guadalajara.

The United States won both the men’s and women’s titles at the inaugural FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup title in Miami.

Defending champion Daniil Medvedev battled to a three-set victory in the opening singles match of this year’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals in Turin, Italy.

The President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) Alfons Hörmann is in quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus, the organisation has announced.

Second seeds Canada and the United States comfortably qualified for the men’s and women's quarter-finals at the first ever FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup tournament in Miami, while Saint Lucia sealed a place in the knockout stages after a historic win against Argentina.

Spain’s Paula Badosa remains top of Group Chichén Itzá after a hard-fought win over Greece’s Maria Sakkari on the fourth day of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Lucinda Brand and Denise Betsema of The Netherlands co-lead the women’s International Cycling Union Cyclo-Cross World Cup standings, heading into the sixth round of the season in Tabor.

Top seeds United States and Canada topped their pools at the FIBA 3x3AmeriCup, on the first day of action at the inaugural tournament in Miami, which saw qualifiers Jamaica reach the knockout stages.