The 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Championships got underway today with the start of the mixed teams event in Kazan.

Japan's Yoshihide Muroya tightened his grip on the top of the 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship overall standings after claiming his second win in as many events with victory in Kazan. 

Double Olympic champion Cao Yuan is among the Chinese absentees at this weekend's International Swimming Federation Diving World Series in Kazan.

Olympic medal-winning Russians Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina are among 20 prominent names who could make their mark at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series event which starts in Kazan tomorrow.

Kazan is set to enter the race to host the 2023 European Games after Russian officials decided to launch a bid for the multi-sport event.

Home contender Vladimir Morozov and Sweden's Sarah Sjostrum set World Cup records on day one of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup series in Russia.

A magnificent finish from Czech pilot Martin Sonka took him inside the target time set by Michael Goulian of the United States and earned him victory at the fifth of the eight scheduled stops in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Kazan.

Watched by more than 55,000 spectators in Kazan, Germany's Matthias Dolderer raced into contention for victory at tomorrow's Red Bull Air Race World Championships event by finishing first in qualifying.

The second half of this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championships series starts tomorrow in Russia as Kazan hosts the fifth of the eight scheduled stops.

The Beach Handball World Championships in Russia produced two new champions today as the 2016 men's champions Croatia were beaten by Brazil, while Greece, who had knocked out women’s champions Spain on a shoot-out in the semi-finals, followed through to take gold against Norway in what was their first appearance in this event.

Croatia will defend their men’s Beach Handball World Championships title against Brazil tomorrow evening - but their counterparts in the women’s tournament, Spain, suffered defeat in their semi-final today at the hands of an inspired Greek team.

Defending champions Croatia maintained their 100 per cent record at the Beach Handball World Championships in the Russian city of Kazan as they inflicted a first defeat on Spain to confirm they will meet Denmark in the men's quarter-finals.

Next year’s Diving World Series will start in Japan and conclude in London, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) have announced.

Defending men's champions Croatia confirmed their advance to the main round as Group A winners at the Beach Handball World Championships in the Russian city of Kazan today.

Poland's Aleksandra Kowalczuk caused a shock by beating double world champion and Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Bianca Walkden in the final of the over-73 kilogram event on the final day of the European Taekwondo Championships at the Ak Bars Sports Hall in the Russian city of Kazan.