Grant Holloway finally hunted down the world 60 metres hurdles record he has been chasing all season as he clocked 7.29sec in the concluding World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Madrid - 0.01 inside the mark set by Britain’s Colin Jackson in 1994.
Weightlifting is closer to losing its place on the Olympic Games programme than at any time since it became a regular feature more than 100 years ago.
Cyprus’s Georgios Achilleos, the 2007 world champion and 2018 Commonwealth champion, is joint leader of men’s skeet qualifying as the field heads towards tomorrow’s final at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Cairo.
Ivorian Taekwondo Federation (FITKD) secretary general Anzoumana Siaka says the nation's best taekwondo players are likely to travel to Europe in the coming months to better prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
South Africa’s Government has confirmed that it is planning to file an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch attempt to clear Caster Semenya to be allowed to compete in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Hockey Canada has announced Alan Millar will become the organisation’s new director of player personnel within the programme of excellence.
Britain's Phil Clapp edged out Ukrainian rival Anton Bondarenko to defend the men's 500 metres title at the World Rowing Indoor Championships.
Ireland’s Sam Bennett secured his first victory of the season by triumphing in a bunch sprint on stage four of the UAE Tour in Al Marjan Island.
The Japanese women's football team are set to conclude their group stage campaign at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the region devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced it has asked the local Organising Committee and the Mexican Government to postpone the 2021 Women’s Baseball World Cup and the Under-15 Baseball World Cup.
Russia’s Vladislav Kiselev, competing as a neutral athlete in accordance with the recent World Anti-Doping Agency sanction against the country, won sprint gold on the opening day of the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Otepää in Estonia today.
Sweden has been named as host of the 2024 Men’s Floorball World Championships after being selected over Singapore.
Chicago will host the re-scheduled 2020-2021 Squash World Championships from July 10 to 17, when players compete for $1million (£700,000/€822,000) in prize money for only the second time in the sport’s history, it has been announced.
Sweden’s newly-elected International Golf Federation (IGF) President Annika Sörenstam is set to compete in her first tour event in 13 years when the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Gainbridge Championship begins tomorrow in Florida.
USA Bobsled and Skeleton (USABS) has announced it has agreed partnerships with Mananalu and Advanced Exoskeletal Systems.
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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One of the most consequential goalless draws in football history was played on March 5 1921, between Glenavon and Shelbourne. The sides would never meet for a replay, setting in motion the divide of Irish football, which persists to this day. David Owen reports.
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