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.
Fiji beat the United States 29-15 in the final of the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series in Cape Town to secure their first title win in South Africa since 2009.
South Korea beat hosts Japan in the final of the Women's Asian Handball Championships in Kumamoto to win the title for the fourth consecutive year.
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.
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.
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.
Germany beat Malaysia in an eight-goal thriller today at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s World Cup in Bhrubaneswar to finish top of Pool D and advance directly into the quarter-finals.
President of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF) Keramuudin Karim and five other officials have all been suspended following allegations of sexual abuse against players from the women’s national team.
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.
Ali Khan, chief executive of the International Swimming League (ISL), has accused the International Swimming Federation (FINA) of being "out of touch" with global sports.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has signed an "anti-doping service agreement" with the International Testing Agency (ITA) at their World Aquatics Convention in Hangzhou in China.
Fiji, Australia and the United States all won three games out of three on the opening day of the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series in Cape Town to progress to the quarter-finals unbeaten.
International Fencing Federation (FIE) President Alisher Usmanov wants the sport to be seen as one of the most modern and innovative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Vladimir Lisin, newly-elected President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), is to use $10 million (£7.9 million/€8.8 million) of his own money to establish a development fund for the sport.
Hosts France are set to meet South Korea in Group A in the opening game of next year's FIFA Women's World Cup following today's draw in Paris.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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