Angola secured their 10th African Women’s Handball Championships title in the past 11 editions – and 13th since the event started in 1974 - with a 19-14 win over Senegal in Brazzaville Congo.
The Longines Global Champions Tour (GCT) play-offs will make their debut in Prague tomorrow, with four days of action bringing together show jumping's finest operators.
Al Ain, playing in their home stadium, got the FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates off to a gripping start today as they came from three goals down to beat Team Wellington 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has held its 2018 Star Awards ceremony ahead of the season ending World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon in South Korea.
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has named grandmaster Judit Polgar as their honourary vice-president.
Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier could make an earlier return to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup circuit than expected as she is set to make her first competitive appearance of the season at an event in Italy tomorrow.
England and Australia have become the first teams to reach the semi-finals at the International Hockey Federation Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar.
FIFA has provisionally banned Afghan Football Federation (AFF) President Keramuudin Karim after he was one of six officials suspended following allegations of sexual abuse against players from the women’s national team.
Swimmers from the United States dominated the second day of action at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou to win five gold medals and set two more world records.
The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced the appointment of Olympic expert Darryl Seibel as their new chief brand and communications officer.
Thailand is preparing to extradite former Bahraini national footballer Hakeem al-Araibi back to his home country, despite international calls for them not to do so.
India's Pusarla V Sindhu won a repeat of last year's final as she beat Japan's Akane Yamaguchi on the opening day of the Badminton World Federation World Tour Finals in Guangzhou.
International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has said it will be "difficult" for the sport to gain a spot on the Olympic programme, but that chances to achieve that goal still remain.
Olympic champion Cheick Sallah Cissé crashed out of the men's under-80 kilograms competition at the first-round stage as the lucrative World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series began in Wuxi today.
The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR) has signed a four-year deal with the mining and smelting company Norilsk Nickel (Nornikel).
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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