British boxer Scott Westgarth has died in hospital after falling ill following a fight in Doncaster on Saturday (February 24).

The Badminton World Federation have confirmed the line-ups for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup team competitions.

Historic athletics artifacts ranging from the Ancient Olympic Games to the modern era will be donated on the last day of this week's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, to help establish the new IAAF Heritage collection.

The Cambodian Taekwondo Federation (CTF) is hoping that the sport will be included on the programme when the country hosts the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Phnom Penh.

Japan took their overall total of titles at the International Judo Federation’s first Düsseldorf Grand Slam to seven on a day when Russia and Georgia added their names to the list of nations striking gold at the ISS Dome.

Chinese athletes remained in a class of their own at the opening International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix of the season in Rostock, finishing with eight of the ten golds on a day when four-times world champion Bo Qiu touched perfection.

China’s men and women teams re-asserted their continuing dominance of the world game as they secured, respectively, their seventh and eighth successive titles in the International Table Tennis Federation’s Team World Cup with 3-0 victories over Japan at the Copper Box Arena on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. 

Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann secured the gold medal at the International Equestrian Federation World Cup Jumping Western European League event in Gothenburg.

The curtain came down on the European Shooting Championships in Hungarian city Györ with the men’s and women’s 10 metre air pistol and air rifle team competitions.

Spain’s Alejandro Valverde claimed the fifth and final stage win and overall title on the last day of the Abu Dhabi Tour following a gruelling climb at the top of Jebel Hafeet.

Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast and Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith flourished in the women’s 60 metres as double Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson and two-time world 200m champion Dafne Schippers fell off the pace at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.

María Guadalupe González of host country Mexico put in an excellent performance to claim the gold medal in the women's 20 kilometre race at the International Association of Athletics Federations Race Walking Challenge in Monterrey.

The Rwandan team have started preparations for the third African Para Taekwondo Championship, which will take place in the Moroccan city of Agidir on March 28.

Dickson Chumba of Kenya and Ethiopia’s Birhane Dibaba won the men’s and women’s titles in the Tokyo Marathon - but the main focus fell on Wilson Kipsang, supposedly hunting a world record, who dropped out after 15km, and home runner Yuta Shitara, who earned one of the sport’s largest paydays in claiming 100 million yen ($936,000/£670,000/€761,000) for a Japanese record.

France’s Celine Goberville held her nerve to win the women’s air pistol title at the European Shooting Championships in Hungarian city Györ.