Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh has defended the use of North Korea’s flag at the Asian Games here - but the decision is landing his organisation in hot water with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka secretary general Maxwell de Silva has commended the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games organisers for not using fireworks in yesterday's Opening Ceremony, claiming he is to be credited.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh has suggested that the door remains open for Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in events run by his organisation after they were denied the chance to compete at the Asian Games here.

SportAccord, the organisers of next month’s World Combat Games in Saudi Arabia, say they will proceed with the event in the country, after the nation’s Crown Prince vowed to continue with the practice of sportswashing.

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has virtually met newly-appointed Committee chairs to introduce them to their roles and develop a coordinated plan for the future.

Turin 2025 will work with Network of Piedmontese Universities for Sustainable Development (RUS Piemonte) to measure the sustainability of the 2025 Winter World University Games.

Olympic silver medallist Anna Prakaten captured her first major title since switching her allegiances from Russia to Uzbekistan as she struck women's single sculls gold at the Asian Games here.

China’s Zhang Mingyu and South Korea’s Jun Woong-tae sealed quota places for next year’s Olympics in Paris by capturing the respective women’s and men’s modern pentathlon titles at the Asian Games here.

Wales and Scotland both ran out big winners as the third week of matches concluded at the Rugby World Cup in France.

Britain's Beth Potter produced a brilliant running display here to claim her maiden women's triathlon world title.

Tigist Assefa retained her Berlin Marathon title in stupendous fashion today as she shattered the women's world record, clocking 2 hours 11min 53sec after Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge had earned a record fifth men's title in 2:02:42.

Serbian wrestler Mate Nemeš secured a Paris 2024 quota place for his country after securing a bronze medal at a home World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade.

Britain finished their home International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Championships at Lee Valley with a kayak cross double from Joe Clarke and Kimberly Woods.

Victor Montalvo and Dominika Banevič won golds at the World DanceSport Federation World Breaking Championships in the Belgian city of Leuven to earn quota places at the Paris 2024 Olympics.