International Cycling Union (UCI) President David Lappartinent believes unity is required among stakeholders to improve the economic situation in men’s professional cycling, but the newly elected official believes organisers need to do more to develop women’s races.
Slovenia's Janja Garnbret will seek to return to business as usual this weekend at the International Federation of Sports Climbing's (IFSC) fifth lead and speed World Cup event of the season in Edinburgh.
World number one Son Wan-ho won his mouth-watering battle with double Olympic champion Lin Dan to reach the semi-finals of the Badminton World Federation Japan Open.
The World Archery Championships in Mexico City will currently go ahead as planned next month, despite the devastating earthquake which has rocked the country.
America’s Cup winning skipper Glenn Ashby and laser radial world champion Marit Bouwmeester are among the nominees for the 2017 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has launched a series of videos on leading judokas, under the title "Legends of Judo".
Three races have been added to the International Cycling Union (UCI) Women’s WorldTour for the 2018 season, it has been confirmed.
Matt Archibald is to join GB Taekwondo as chief executive after announcing he will leave the British Olympic Association (BOA) at the end of October.
The official emblem and slogan for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup have been revealed.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has officially opened the team registrations for the 2017 Women’s Junior and Youth World Championships, which are scheduled to be held in Indian city Guwahati from November 19 to 26.
China's Chen Meng is safely through to the round of 16 in the women's singles event at the International Table Tennis Federation Austrian Open.
Rocco Cattaneo has been appointed acting President of the European Cycling Union (UEC) following David Lappartient’s election as International Cycling Union (UCI) President.
Denmark's world champion Viktor Axelsen continued his progression at the Badminton World Federation Japan Open with second round victory at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
China's Bing Ye has grabbed hold of the men's lead after the third day of racing at the RS:X Windsurfing World Championships in Japan.
The inaugural edition of tennis' Laver Cup, which will see the best players from Europe take on the Rest of the World, is set to begin in Prague tomorrow.
When Liechtenstein made its Olympic debut at Berlin in 1936 they discovered that the country's flag of two equal horizontal bands of blue on the top and red was identical to that of Haiti. It led to a crown being added to the top left hand corner of Liechtenstein's flag the following year to differentiate it. But it was not until 1976 that it got hoisted at an Olympic medal ceremony when Hanni Wenzel won a bronze in the giant slalom at the Winter Games in Innsbruck.
UEFA – Euro 2020 LOS Liaison Manager - Nyon, Switzerland
To mark the 60th anniversary of the European Football Championship, UEFA EURO 2020 will be organised as a truly pan-European event for the first time.
Brian Cookson won a bitter election against Pat McQuaid four years ago to be elected the new President of the UCI but now he is the one having to defend his record against French challenger David Lappartient.
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