The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) today revealed the list of nominees for the 2015 Male and Female Para Table Tennis Stars awards.

Australia got their HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series campaign off to the perfect start as they claimed victory at the opening event of the season in Dubai with a comfortable 31-12 win over Russia today.

The Argentina Football Association’s (AFA) first Presidential election in 36 years ended in farcical circumstances after candidates Luis Segura and Marcelo Tinelli were tied at 38-all despite only 75 officials being able to vote.

Sailor Elliot Willis, one of the first British athletes to qualify for Rio 2016, has been diagnosed with bowel cancer.

Reform recommendations passed unanimously by the FIFA Executive Committee prove world football’s governing body is “unable to deliver a sustainable governance model which is fit for the 21st century”, the European Club Association (ECA) has claimed, while also blasting them for not consulting clubs and key stakeholders when proposing an expansion of the World Cup.

Former world number one Jean-Michel Saive of Belgium has announced his retirement from table tennis with immediate effect, ending his chances of competing at an eighth consecutive Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Qatar’s men’s handball team will compete at the Olympic Games for the first time in their history after they secured their Rio 2016 berth with a 28-19 victory over Iran at the Asian qualification tournament in Doha.

Olympic kayaker Tamara Christopherson has been appointed associate director of athlete relations of Los Angeles 2024, it has been announced.

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has opened an academy at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan as part of a two-part pilot programme before the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) begins full-scale operation next year.

Italy's Dorothea Wierer secured her maiden International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory as she shot clean on her way to taking gold in the women’s 15 kilometres individual event in Östersund, Sweden.

Germany’s Marco Koch finished narrowly outside the world record in the men’s 200 metres  breaststroke as he took gold on the second day of the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netyana, Israel.

Russia stunned defending champions New Zealand on their way to starting the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in commanding style as they recorded three victories on the opening day of the event in Dubai.

International Tennis Federation (ITF) executive director of tennis development Dave Miley will leave his role after 24 years at the end of this month for personal reasons, it has been announced.

British Para-dressage rider Verity Smith has launched a campaign to challenge an International Equestrian Federation (FEI) rule which states blind competitors must wear a blindfold at the Paralympic Games, claiming it is “debilitating” and affects her chances of success.