Egypt’s Omar Assar, fresh from beating Hong Kong’s top seed Wong Chun Ting at the International Table Tennis Federation’s Austrian Open, reached the quarter-finals today with another surprise win over Sweden’s fourth seed, Kristian Karlsson.

China's Piena Chen outshone her rivals on the fifth day of the RS:X World Championships on the Tokyo 2020 course at Enoshima to take an almost unassailable lead into tomorrow's concluding medal race.

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.

The third Invictus Games - for war veterans left with serious injuries or mental health problems - gets underway in Toronto tomorrow with the event's founder, Prince Harry, due to be in attendance all week.

Slovenia, inspired by departing star Goran Dragic, won their first ever EuroBasket title tonight as they defeated Serbia 93-85 in an extraordinary final that saw the lead change hands nine times, the eventual winners having to come from behind in the final minutes as the noise levels rose to the roof at a packed Sinan Erdem Arena in Istanbul.

Concerns intensified tonight over the RS:X Windsurfing World Championships that are due to start racing in earnest tomorrow as severe tropical cyclone Talim made landfall on Japan’s main island of Honshu and was predicted to move north-west throughout the day.

Sweden's Anna Nordqvist won the Evian Championship title today in a play-off that took place in the kind of torrential rain that had caused the original first round to be abandoned and replayed in a tournament reduced to 54 holes.

The arrival of a tropical cyclone is forecast to disrupt windsurfing’s RS:X World Championships, which are getting underway this weekend on the Tokyo 2020 course at Enoshima.

Moriya Jutanugarn shot a three-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead in the Evian Championship going into tomorrow’s third and final round – following the controversial decision to scrap the original first round in increasingly bad weather conditions.

Mario Mola and Flora Duffy retained their International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Series titles at the Grand Final today in Rotterdam.

South Korea’s Sung Hyun Park took full opportunity of the controversially re-run first round at the Evian Championship today as she hit an eight-under-par 63 to lead by two shots.

Bogdan Bogdanovic played a leading role as Serbia defeated Russia 87-79 in Istanbul tonight to earn a place in the EuroBasket final against Slovenia, who had beaten Spain last night.

Dorian van Rijsselberge, Olympic windsurfing champion in 2012 and 2016, will seek to reclaim the world title he last won in 2011 as the RS:X World Championships get underway in Enoshima, Japan tomorrow.

French President, Emmanuel Macron, praised the "spirit of unity" of the successful Paris bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games today at a welcoming ceremony at the Élysée Palace for the team returning victorious from the International Olympic Committee’s 131st Session in Lima.