Japanese Emperor Naruhito, who turns 60 today, has spoken of his excitement for Tokyo 2020 as well as his the "concern" caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Spain's Carolina Marín and Denmark's Viktor Axelsen - the men's and women's number one seeds - won their semi-finals in straight games at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Barcelona Spain Masters.
Five Italian fencers secured top-three finishes at a trio of International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup events.
Justin Thomas shot a six-under-par 65 to end the third round of the World Golf Championships (WGC)-Mexico Championship with a one-shot lead, while Patrick Reed and Erik van Rooyen are tied for second place.
The heavyweight and super-heavyweight divisions both saw their first fights at the African Olympic boxing qualifier in Dakar, but Cape Verde's Davilson Morais' hopes of fighting at a second Olympics were dashed.
Chile's Maria Antonieta Ortiz and Marion Alejandra Serrano Guajardo came first and second in the women's under-79 kilograms competition on another good day for their country at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Manchester.
The Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards have been postponed as the coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt the sporting calendar.
Members of Britain's wheelchair rugby team have been on a tour of Leicester City's training ground ahead of the Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations tournament.
Fukushima is a safe location for the Olympic Torch Relay, the prefecture's Governor has insisted as it gears up to host the beginning of the procession next month.
Three wrestlers, two of whom won medals, failed anti-doping tests at the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, United World Wrestling (UUW) has said.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced that South Africa and India will each host a Junior World Cup next year.
The Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award has been shared for the first time, with Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi the recipients, while Simone Biles has won the women's award for the third time in four years.
The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) has held its first sports administrators course in the capital Kampala.
Georges Paul and Kate Foo Kune of Mauritius took the men's and women's singles titles at badminton's All Africa Individual Championships in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
Supporters claim they were told to remove a rainbow flag as the controversial Israel Folau made his debut for French rugby league team Catalans Dragons.
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.
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