Producers of the Opening Ceremony of the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade have announced they are hoping to select 1,500 young people to perform during the curtain raiser that will be broadcast worldwide from the Italian city’s San Paolo Stadium.
Britain's Jade Jones added a women's under-57 kilogram world title to her two Olympic gold medals in front of a home crowd here at the World Taekwondo Championships.
Russia earned a fifth straight victory at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships to hit Latvia’s hopes of a quarter-final place in Slovakia.
Abderrahman Samba of Qatar produced the outstanding performance in Shanghai today, in the second of the season’s International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meetings, as he held off the huge talent of United States runner Rai Benjamin to win the 400 metres hurdles in 47.27sec - his second fastest time.
Katie Zaferes of the United States today won her third consecutive World Triathlon Series (WTS) event as she held off all comers in Yokohama, while in Cagliari Britain’s Rio 2016 champion Alistair Brownlee and team-mate Sophie Coldwell earned wins in the World Cup – the International Triathlon Union’s second tier event.
Reigning Olympic champion Giles Scott sealed victory at the Finn European Championships in Greece's capital Athens.
Russia secured the team title with another dominant performance as the first medals were awarded at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Baku.
Australia’s Caleb Ewan emerged the winner of a bunch sprint on the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia in Pesaro.
Rafael Nadal avenged his Madrid Open defeat to Stefanos Tsitsipas as Czech Republic's Karolína Plíšková set up a meeting with Britain's Johanna Konta in the women's final at the Italian Open.
Yuxi Chen claimed gold in the women’s 10 metres platform final at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Series in London.
Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar became the youngest winner of an International Cycling Union WorldTour stage race as he wrapped up overall victory at the Tour of California.
Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs claimed victory at the Longines Global Champions League in Madrid.
Dutch star Mathieu van der Poel and world champion Kate Courtney claimed short track wins as the International Cycling Union Mountain Bike World Cup season began in Albstadt.
Brooks Koepka is on the verge of defending his United States Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Championship title as he will take a record-breaking seven-shot lead into tomorrow's final round.
Argentina's women continued their impressive run of form in the International Hockey Federation Pro League as they beat Britain in a shootout in London.
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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