The medal ceremony for the va'a women's V6 marathon event at the 2019 Pacific Games here was trumped by a marriage proposal to one of the athletes.
Germany's Olympic and Paralympic teams have agreed a partnership with auditing and consulting firm Deloitte.
A survey in Spain which revealed 97.4 per cent of players do not know what substances are banned shows there is a "lot of work to be done" by the Spanish authorities regarding anti-doping in domestic football, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
A series of announcements on the 2019 edition of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 are set to be made in Tokyo later this month.
The Austrian who helped coach Jamaica's first Olympic bobsleigh team has died at the age of 78, it has been announced.
India's International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's World Cup match against New Zealand set a new record by delivering the highest ever concurrent views on Hotstar with a peak of 25.3 million, it has been claimed.
Canada's Greg Johnson, a member of the ice hockey team that won the Olympic silver medal at Lillehammer 1994, has died at the age of only 48.
Simona Halep wrecked Serena Williams’ hopes of equalling the all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles with a sensational display in the final of the women's singles at Wimbledon.
Hungary’s Kristóf Rasovszky swam to an easy victory in the men's five kilometres open water race to claim the first gold medal of the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju in South Korea.
Belgium’s Thomas De Gendt rode solo to take stage eight of the Tour de France as France’s Julian Alaphilippe regained the overall lead with a third-place finish.
China's Bujie Duo and Jianhua Peng have been disqualified from the 2019 Summer Universiade men's half-marathon here after receiving refreshments outside of the official zones, violating an International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) competition rule.
Algeria’s Mohamed Belbachir came home to Universiade gold in the men’s 800m and believes a similar slow race could play into his hands if he qualifies for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Doha later this year and next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Russia's Ekaterina Selezneva added three rhythmic gymnastics gold medals to her all-around title here at the 2019 Summer Universiade.
New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard clinched two gold medals as weightlifting competition concluded here today, while a dramatic men’s over 109 kilograms event saw Tonga’s Aisake Tuitupou benefit from mistakes from his rivals.
Fiji claimed victories in two of the most hotly anticipated events of the 2019 Pacific Games - the men's and women's rugby sevens.
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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