Tokyo 2020 gold medal winning siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe headline an exciting line-up following the draw for the Judo World Championships here in Tashkent.

Hosts China were among the women's teams to book their spots in the quarter-finals at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu today, as the round-of-16 matches got underway in the men's event too.

Holders Serbia remain unbeaten at the Women’s Volleyball World Championship after registering a seventh straight victory in their Pool F contest with the Dominican Republic.

Venezuela won the men’s and women’s road race cycling titles on day four of the South American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay, while Colombia continued to impress in archery and diving finals.

Construction has begun on the first Barranquilla 2027 Pan American Games venue, with Mayor Jaime Pumarejo leading a visit to inspect work on a mountain bike course in the Miramar Urban Forest.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has agreed to a settlement with national fencer Juliana Barrett worth 2.7 million Rand (£134,000/$153,000/€154,000) over the athlete's exclusion from the team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Bernard Wilson has been elected President of the Grenada Olympic Committee (GOC), following the resignation of the former leader just two months into their term.

USA Luge and Team Worldwide have extended their partnership through to the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Scott Simpson, the coach of British pole vaulter and Olympic bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw, has been named head of field and combined events for UK Athletics as part of its world-class programme approaching the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

American archer Kris Schaff has had his results at the 2021 Archery World Cup leg in Guatemala disqualified after failing a drugs test, but faces no further sanctions.

The International Esports Federation (IESF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with artificial intelligence technology company Sidewalk Entertainment, with the two organisations working together on promoting esports which focuses on the physical movement of athletes.

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue met with four continental heads in Seoul to discuss plans for 2023 and beyond.

Russia and Syria have agreed to jointly conduct training and events in 10 sports in an accord signed by the Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin and the President of Syria's General Sports Federation, Feras Mouala.

Craig Vokey has been re-elected as President of Karate Canada for another three years.

Sam Bell-Minogue has been appointed as the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) director of delivery.