Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan emerged victorious from a high-stakes opening round bout on the second day of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Boxing Championships in Belgrade to progress in the under-51 kilogram category.

Carlos Yulo is ready to add more disciplines to his repertoire prior to next year's Asian Games as he seeks to avenge a disappointing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has called for geopolitics to stay out of sport, having admitted it tried to find a compromise to allow Kosovo to compete at the AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships here in Belgrade.

The Kooyong Classic, a major Australian Open warm-up event usually played in the weeks leading up to the year's first Grand Slam, has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Representatives from football's international governing body FIFA have entered into discussions with senior figures from the Congolese Association Football Federation (FECOFA) after the Democratic Republic of Congo's women's team forfeited a Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Equatorial Guinea.

Turkish Taekwondo Federation President Metin Şahin has described his election to the World Taekwondo Council for the sixth time as a "great honour".

A serious injury to Laura Traets has caused Olympic champions Bulgaria to pull out the upcoming Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Olympafrica Foundation.

USA Gymnastics' settlement proposal for athletes who endured abuse at the hands of disgraced former team doctor Larry Nassar is set to be voted on by victims after it was signed off by a bankruptcy judge.

Experienced trio Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have pulled out of next month’s World Table Tennis Championships Finals in the United States as China instead selects a youthful squad with an eye on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The Senegal Karate Federation and African Karate Federation have conducted a large-scale refereeing seminar in Dakar.

Olympic gold medallist Alexander Zverev has said he does not consider the Davis Cup Finals as the "real Davis Cup" after opting to skip this year's event which has attracted some of the biggest names in men's tennis.

This year's Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship has been cancelled because it could not be played before an International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) deadline.