Johannes Thingnes Bø won his second gold in dramatic circumstances as the first International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup leg of the season concluded in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
The United States repeated their 2018 Winter Olympic Games victory over Sweden to win the men's final at the second leg of the Curling World Cup in Omaha.
Norway won both the men and women's team relay race at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup event in Beitostølen.
The Netherlands secured two of the four golds available on the final day of the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszów Mazowiecki in Poland.
Hungary’s 19-year-old Petra Jászapáti won a surprise gold in the women’s 500 metre A final at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup in Almaty today, as Dutchwoman Suzanne Schulting continued her medal haul to secure top spot in the overall world rankings.
Sprint finishes earned Norway’s Filip Ingebrigtsen and Yasemin Can of Turkey the men’s and women’s senior individual European Cross Country Championships on a traditionally muddy and treacherous course at Tilburg in The Netherlands today.
China won all five gold medals on the final day of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Junior Championships in the Australian city of Bendigo.
Edwina Tops-Alexander won the seventh leg of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Jumping World Cup Western European League series in La Coruna in Spain today.
The final World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate 1-Series A event of the season came to an end in Shanghai today, with many medallists from last month’s World Championships in Madrid reaching the podium once again.
Germany's Benjamin Werndl won the fifth leg of this season's Western European League in Salzburg to improve his chances of securing a place at next year's International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) Dressage World Cup Final.
Hosts Colombia picked up two golds, one of which was won with an American record, on the final day of action at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota.
Finland completed the defence of their title at the Men’s World Floorball Championships in Prague with a 6-3 win over Finland in front of 16,276 fans in the 02 Arena - a tournament record.
Egypt’s Karim Abdel Gawad is the 2018 Black Ball Squash Open champion after he defeated compatriot and world number two Ali Farag in the final at the Black Ball Sporting Club in Cairo.
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker has rebranded as World Women's Snooker (WWS) as the organisation continues to develop its strategy.
Any hopes that esports had of becoming an Olympic sport in the near future appear to have been dashed after senior International Olympic Committee officials, led by President Thomas Bach, claimed talk of it becoming a medal event is "premature".
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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