Belgian Wout van Aert won a stage of the Tour de France for the first time as Julian Alaphilippe maintained his overall lead despite a dramatic conclusion in Albi today.
Hosts England sounded a warning to their Netball World Cup rivals with an impressive 56-48 victory over Jamaica, the world’s number two side, in Group G of preliminaries stage two.
Leading athletes in the men’s sabre and women epée events learned who they would face in the last 64 as action began today at the World Fencing Championships in Budapest.
Papua New Guinea completed the first podium clean sweep of Samoa 2019 in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase as they kick-started the athletics at the 2019 Pacific Games here in fine style.
Germany's Silas Mühle and Levke Möller took the lead in the nacra 15 event after the first day of racing at the Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia.
China capped an impressive performance at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Warsaw by claiming an additional two gold medals today.
Two-times Olympian Ana Sátila is among the headline names in a star-studded field for this week’s International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Kraków.
Ukraine’s Mariana Shevchuk won the women’s up to 55 kilograms gold medal on day three of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
Hosts Israel comfortably beat Germany as action began today at the 2019 Women's European Lacrosse Championship in Netanya.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) held a Baseball5 coaching seminar in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with Softball Asia and the Softball Association of Malaysia.
Spain are bidding to defend their Men's Junior World Handball Championship title on home soil with the 2019 edition starting across the north-eastern cities of Vigo and Pontevedra tomorrow.
Trinidad and Tobago will be represented by 98 athletes in 18 sports at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, it has been announced.
Great Britain’s late Olympic figure skating champion John Curry is to have an international dance festival's entire programme dedicated to him.
The 16th edition of the International Ice Hockey Federation's Development Camp has drawn to a close in Vierumaki in Finland.
The Guam National Olympic Committee (GNOC) has held a fundraising raffle to support the country's athletes at major events.
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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A former synchronised swimmer from the tiny Caribbean island of Aruba, Nicole Hoevertsz's stock is rising fast at a time when integrity is as highly-prized a virtue as ever in the international sports movement. David Owen speaks to the official some have tipped as a future IOC President.
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