Kent Farrington of the United States, who missed much of last year with a broken leg, tonight achieved one of his great ambitions as, riding Gazelle, he won the Rolex Grand Prix 2019 event at the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany.

Russia’s next generation of stars secured a clean sweep of gold medals at the first Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships in Moscow today.

Switzerland's Nikita Ducarroz underlined the validity of her golden ambitions for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as she won the BMX freestyle park final in the second and final leg of the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) European Series in Châteauroux, France.

Brazil, Britain, Russia and the United States picked up gold medals in the extreme slalom on the final day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Kraków, Poland.

Little more than a week after breaking the 23-year-old women’s mile record in Monaco, Sifan Hassan raced over her favourite distance of 5,000 metres at London Stadium and bettered her own European record with a time of 14min 22.12sec – but it was only good enough for third place.

Thailand, one of four top-seeded teams at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under-19 Women’s World Cup in Bangkok, incurred a second successive defeat today as they were sunk 57-74 by Latvia in Group A.

Top seed Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland lost a hard-fought battle in the final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Russian Open in Vladivostock as she was beaten by Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu-po.

Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting, offered his advice and expertise to an administration and management seminar held in the framework of the International Weightlifting Federation’s Development Programme in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Russia became rhythmic gymnastics’ first team and group all-around junior world champions on a triumphant night in Moscow.

McLain Ward of the United States claimed the big jumping honour on the penultimate day of the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany as he and new horse Noche de Ronda earned the Allianz-Prize.

Switzerland's Nikita Ducarroz showed why she is considered one of the contenders for gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as she topped BMX freestyle qualifying in the second and final leg of the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) European Series at Châteauroux in France.

Norway’s Karsten Warholm set a European record in the 400 metres hurdles for the second time in as many races as he earned victory on the first of two days of action at London Stadium as part of the International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting.

Teqball’s Olympic aspirations have been aired at a media launch for the sport in Ghana.

Three of the top four seeded sides in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under-19 Women’s World Cup, including hosts Thailand, lost their opening group matches as the 2019 edition got under way in Bangkok today.