The United States’ National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) have revealed the 12-man team for this summer’s Parapan American Games in Toronto.
Two-time defending champions Stephane Houdet of France and Shingo Kunieda of Japan lead the entries for the men's Wimbledon Wheelchair Tennis Double Event taking place during the annual grass court Grand Slam next month, it has been announced.
Lucy Bronze’s long-range strike helped England book their place in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup as they came from a goal down to beat Norway 2-1 at the Lansdowne Stadium in Ottawa.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N Ramachandran has launched a $1.5 million legal action against rival Narinder Batra, head of Hockey India, following accusations of bribery and corruption.
North Korea have opted to boycott next month’s Summer Universiade in the South Korean city of Gwangju in protest against the opening of a United Nations (UN) office in Seoul monitoring the human rights record of its capital Pyongyang.
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Presidential candidate Sergey Bubka has promised to double the amount of administrative grants for National Federations, while also calling for the sport's world governing body to appoint a chief executive.
Sports put forward for the second stage of the application process for Tokyo 2020 Olympic inclusion have been reacting to the decision of Japanese organisers to include them on the shortlist and trying to promote their chances in the hope they will evenutally be chosen.
The Baku 2015 Chefs de Missions from all 50 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have each been awarded a commemorative medal by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) for their participation in the inaugural European Games.
A dropped baton in the men’s 4x400 metres relay cost Austria the European Games athletics gold here tonight by the narrowest of margins as a jubilant, if shocked, Slovakia pushed them into second place.
Russia showed exactly why they are the dominant force in sambo after claiming five of the eight European Games gold medals on offer here.
Italy secured two Baku 2015 European Games golds on the final day of competition here, claiming victories in both the mixed team skeet and mixed team 10 metre air rifle events.
Spain's Miguel Alvarino Garcia sealed European Games men’s individual gold medal, thrashing Dutchman Sjef Van Den Berg 7-1 as the archery at Baku 2015 came to a conclusion here today.
Baseball and softball, karate, squash, bowling, roller sports, climbing, surfing and wushu are the eight sports nominated for the next stage of the application process to be added to the Olympic programme for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, it has been announced this morning.
A politically-charged rugby league match between Ukraine and Russia is to proceed next month, after agreement was reached to play the fixture in the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has announced its team for this year’s International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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The coronavirus pandemic forced a near global shutdown of sport across the world, but sports governing bodies have staged successful events despite the COVID-19 crisis. Mike Rowbottom speaks to those who have been able to do so.
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