By Nancy Gillen in Yekaterinburg
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe believes they have a "responsibility to protect" female athletes, following the ruling preventing Caster Semenya from competing at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Weightlifting is back on the Malaysia Games sports programme, having been thrown out for doping issues.
Malcolm Page has left his role as chief of the Olympic programme at United States Sailing less than a year before Tokyo 2020.
Signatories of the United Nations (UN) Sports for Climate Action Framework have gathered at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne to define the next steps for the sports community to address climate change.
The Organising Committee of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games have unveiled their roster of sponsors for the inaugural multi-sport event in Doha, Qatar.
Timur Kulibayev has been re-elected President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (HOK) to serve a second four-year term.
Kazakhstan's Beksad Nurdauletov ended Julio La Cruz's eight-year dominance in the light heavyweight division at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Championships after defeating the Cuban in the semi-finals here.
It was a perfect start for Japan at their home Rugby World Cup, defeating Russia 30-10 in the first game of the tournament in Pool A.
Roger Federer delighted his home fans in Geneva, as he and doubles partner Alexander Zverev defeated Jack Sock and Denis Shapovalov to give Europe a 3-1 lead over Team World after the opening day of the third Laver Cup.
Keyshawn Davis of the United States stunned Armenia's two-time European champion Hovhannes Bachkov to reach the light welterweight gold-medal bout here at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Championships.
Israel took a giant step towards securing a place at Tokyo 2020, after stunning hosts Italy at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Africa/Europe qualification event.
China's Chen Lijun successfully defended his men's 67 kilograms total gold medal on a dramatic day of action at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here today.
Olympic silver medallist Jeong Bo-kyeong of South Korea won the women's under-52 kilograms title, as she continued to justify her decision to step up a weight division at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in Tashkent.
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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Paraguay's Camilo Pérez López Moreira is a newly-elected International Olympic Committee member who has set his sights on making an impact in tennis. Michael Pavitt sat down with the influential South American.
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