An Olympic gold medal won by Steve Christoff, a member of the United States ice hockey team that stunned the Soviet Union at Lake Placid 1980, a victory dubbed the "Miracle on Ice", has been put up for auction.
The International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athletes' Council has launched its first online resources, aimed at helping current and future athlete representatives have an effective voice in the Paralympic Movement.
Africa Sports Ventures Group (ASVG) and the Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Collegiate Sports League for all disciplines across the continent.
Estate agent Purplebricks is launching a new creative campaign for this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, featuring a number of Britain's finest athletes.
Australian snowboarder Ben Tudhope has been named International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for December.
Prince Harry will remain patron of the Rugby Football League (RFL), despite stepping down as a full-time working member of the royal family.
Badminton World Federation (BWF) has approved the use of synthetic feather shuttlecocks at its sanctioned international tournaments of all levels from 2021.
Japan cliched gold in the Winter Youth Olympic Games women’s ice hockey competition at Lausanne 2020 after coming from behind to beat Sweden in the final at the Lausanne Vaudoise Arena.
Ruka Hirano triumphed in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at Lausanne 2020, as Japan celebrated a one-two finish for the second successive day at the Leysin Park and Pipe venue.
Andrew Longino improved in every round of the men's freeski halfpipe final, securing Canada's first gold medal of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Sweden's Maerta Rosenberg completed her Lausanne 2020 medal collection by triumphing in the women's five-kilometre event at the Vallée de Joux Cross-Country Centre, which denied Switzerland's Siri Wigger a clean sweep of titles.
World number one Rafael Nadal eased through his first-round tie on day two of the Australian Open.
Norway are through to the semi-finals of the European Men's Handball Championship after a combination of their hard-fought win over Iceland and Hungary's surprise loss at the hands of Group II hosts Sweden.
Spain progressed into the quarter-final of the Women's European Water Polo Championship, after narrowly beating Greece.
Holders Qatar made it to the semi-finals of the Asian Men's Handball Championship by beating Iran in Kuwait.
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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