Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov today denied that Russia has backed down and accepted the findings of the McLaren Report, despite signing a letter sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) which appears to go further than ever before towards doing so.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been called as a defence witness by disgraced Rio de Janeiro Governor Sérgio Cabral regarding the investigation into alleged bribes paid before the city was awarded the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Dominican Republic’s Welington Castillo has been given an 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball (MLB) after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO).
Legal action has been launched by the Pacific Games Council (PGC) and the Tonga Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) against the country's Government after the nation withdrew from hosting the 2019 Pacific Games.
World number 84 Nicolas Kicker has been found guilty of match-fixing and "other offences", the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has announced.
The 2018 International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men’s and Women’s Youth World Championships will take place in Budapest, it has been announced.
Robb Stauber, who guided the United States’ women’s ice hockey team to the Olympic gold medal at Pyeongchang 2018, has been appointed the co-head coach of the Minnesota Whitecaps along with wife and former college goalkeeper Shivaun.
Computers belonging to England's disastrous bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup were hacked, former Football Association (FA) chairman Lord Triesman has claimed.
Chris Froome produced one of the performances of his career today to launch a stunning winning solo breakaway with 80 kilometres to go on stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia to catapault himself from fourth to first in the overall standings.
Skateboarding is set to enjoy one of its most prominent showcases since it was added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic programme when the Street League Pro Open takes place in London this weekend.
The 2018 South American Games are due to begin tomorrow in Cochabamba in Bolivia with more than 4,000 athletes from 14 countries set to compete across 374 events.
Thailand progressed to the final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Uber Cup for the first time as they stunned defending champions China in Bangkok.
Teenage sensation Uta Abe of Japan stretched her unbeaten run to 24 contests as she claimed the gold medal in the women's under-52 kilograms division at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in Hohhot.
Britain's Kate French produced a superb laser run performance to clinch the women's gold medal at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Sofia.
Singapore's Feng Tiawei and home hope Wong Chun Ting were among top seeds to fall at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Hong Kong Open today.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 but the governance of the sport has been far from smooth. Mike Rowbottom reports as a major competition makes its way to London.
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