Hamburg First Mayor Olaf Scholz has officially signed the city's application letter to bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics today, along with German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) President Alfons Hörmann.

Giles Scott has targeted Olympic gold on his belated debut on sport's biggest stage after being among eight sailors who became the first confirmed members of the British team for Rio 2016 here today.

Denmark's International Surfing Association (ISA) vice-president and two-time world champion Casper Steinfath has been named chair of the inaugural ISA Athletes’ Commission.

Canada produced a superb performance today to stun the home crowd and inflict a first defeat of the tournament on hosts Mexico at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Americas Championships in Mexico City.

Tickets have now gone on sale across Brazil for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games following celebrations marking One Year To Go.

Zimbabwe's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Kirsty Coventry won a high-quality 100 metres backstroke race today at the All-Africa Games in Brazzaville as South African star Chad Le Clos broke a championship Record en route to his second gold.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) may speak with Interpol and French prosecutors over doping allegations concerning triple European champions Toulon –if any players involved in the investigation are due to play in the World Cup starting in England later this month.

A prominent anti-doping expert claimed at a British Parliamentary hearing here today the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has done less to tackle drugs problems than the International Cycling Union (UCI).

Argentina and hosts Mexico have both secured semi-final spots at the 2015 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Americas Championship after each secured comfortable victories, while Canada and Puerto Rico also won on the seventh day of action.

Andy Murray lost before the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time in five years after a gruelling four-set battle with South Africa's Kevin Anderson at the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Athletics could be put further under the microscope tomorrow at an inquiry on blood doping in the sport held by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British Parliament, with World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman among the listed witnesses.

Jochen Färber, a close ally of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, is to move to a new role coordinating between the Swiss and Spanish entities of the OIympic TV Channel, while Germany's Marcus Hausen has replaced him as Bach's chief of staff.

World champion Chad Le Clos romped to a 100 metres butterfly victory today on another day of South African domination in the pool at the All-Africa Games in Brazzaville as karate player Innocent Okemba won a first gold medal for hosts Republic of Congo.