Cameroon’s Tiako Essombe earned gold on the opening day of the African Sambo Championships while hosts Morocco enjoyed a strong start in Casablanca.
There is enough talent waiting to ignite at tomorrow’s sixth leg of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League series here in the Moroccan capital for it not to be recalled in future times as the event Caster Semenya did not make.
Hosts Italy will attempt to end 15 years without a FIFA European Under-21 Championship title when the competition begins tomorrow in Reggio Emilia with four places at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo on offer.
Qatar has replaced San Diego as the hosts of this year's Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games, it was announced today.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has suggested the organisation could move towards recommending a single candidate to host the Olympic Games if it is deemed to be "outstanding" as part of reforms to the bidding process.
Russian Umar Kremlev has proposed creating a foundation to store money which could be used to preserve the future of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and help the governing body avoid bankruptcy.
Caster Semenya will be able to compete during her appeal to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) saw a request to reimpose regulations denied.
Beijing 2008 high jump gold medallist Andrei Silnov has stepped down from his post as first vice-president of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF).
The new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, is one of the most sustainable buildings in the world, according to the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
Incumbent David Haggerty is the only candidate for International Tennis Federation (ITF) President set to attend the Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) Annual General Assembly this weekend after the other three were barred from the meeting by the regional body.
Former FIFA official Jack Warner could finally be extradited to the United States to face corruption charges after he lost an appeal in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
Four sports facilities at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) will be prepared for the 2023 Summer Universiade if Yekaterinburg is awarded the multi-sport event as expected.
Alexander Hleb, who represented Arsenal and Barcelona with distinction, carried the 2019 European Games Flame when it reached Minsk Oblast region on the home stretch of its journey to Minsk.
Italian culture will dominate the Opening Ceremony of the 2019 Summer Universiade on July 3 as San Paolo Stadium in Naples is transformed to welcome more than 8,000 athletes.
FIFA has admitted only 14 matches at the Women’s World Cup were sold out despite earlier claims tickets had been selling fast.
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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All eyes will be on Minsk this week as the Belarus capital readies itself to host the second edition of the European Games. Mike Rowbottom explores how preparations are going.
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