Switzerland's Maude Mathys earned a second senior gold on the concluding day of the inaugural European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships at El Paso in the Canary Islands, and Norway's Ida Waldal matched her feat at under-20 level.

The Australian women’s hockey team suffered the loss of three players through injury on the brink of the International Hockey Federation (IHF) Women’s World Cup, which is being co-hosted by The Netherlands and Spain.

Russian Olympic ice hockey medallist Ivan Fedotov, reportedly hospitalised after being detained by authorities for allegedly shunning military service which would have seen him deployed to Ukraine for the ongoing war, has now been moved.

Gold Coast 2018 champions Kathryn Mitchell and Brandon Starc are among 53 names added to the Australian athletics team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, bringing the total to 85, including 16 Para athletes.

The Netherlands, seeking a third consecutive title at the 2022 Women's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup, earned an emphatic 5-1 win in their opening Pool A match on home ground at Amstelveen against the team they defeated in the 2018 final, Ireland.

Olympic champion Janja Garnbret duly earned her 34th World Cup gold - and 50th World Cup medal - as she won the women's lead climbing at the latest staging of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Villars.

Maximilien Drion du Chapois of Belgium and France's Blandine L'Hirondel won the women's and men's senior trail races at the inaugural European Off-Road Running Championships at El Paso in the Canary Islands.

Long jumper Rellie Kaputin has been chosen as the flagbearer for Papua New Guinea at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony on July 28.

Ukraine's London 2012 4x400 metres bronze medallist Anna Ryzhykova and Ugandan 800m world champion Halimah Nakaayi are among 12 nominations for six available places on the World Athletics Athletes’ Commission.

Indonesia's Kiromal Katibin, who twice broke the speed world record in qualifying for tonight's finals at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Villars, dropped dramatically out of contention as China's Long Jianguo earned victory.

Spain, co-hosts with The Netherlands for the Women's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup, opened the competition with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Canada at the Estadi Olimpic de Terrassa.

Henri Aymonod's absence did not stop Italy taking gold today as Cesare Maestri secured the senior men's uphill mountain running title on the opening day of the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships at El Paso in the Canary Islands.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) was able to limit its operating loss in 2021 to CHF 1.7 million (£1.47 million/$1.8 million/€1.7 million), excluding Olympic income, the newly released Annual Report shows.

Julio Jakob, Uruguay’s founding President of the International University Sport Federation (FISU) American organisation - which now involves 28 countries - has marked its 15^th anniversary by reflecting on how it was founded by "brothers of a lifetime."