Fabio Aru secured a second successive stage victory today on the penultimate stage of the Giro d'Italia as Alberto Contador effectively sealed the overall title despite losing ground in the final stages.

Lisa Carrington completed a superb hatrick of International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Cup 500 metres races today in Copenhagen while, on a busy day of action in the sport, Slovenia, France and Britain all won gold medals at the European Slalom Championships in Markkleeberg, Germany.

Favourites The Netherlands secured yet another women’s wheelchair tennis BNP Paribas World Team Cup title after a 2-0 victory over Japan in Antalya.

International Boxing Association (AIBA) Pro Boxing Matches are set to begin tomorrow, with four under 60kg lightweight bouts taking place in the Uzbekistan capital, Tashkent.

Defending champion Maria Sharapova and 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer were among the third-round winners today at the French Open.

Italy's Fabio Aru launched a tenacious late sole breakaway to win stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia and trim Alberto Contador's stranglehold on the overall standings by 38 seconds. 

British hopes Phil Hogg, Melissa Reid and Lauren Steadman will be hoping to make the most of home advantage at tomorrow's International Triathlon Union (ITU) Para-triathlon event in London's Hyde Park.

Every doping test conducted during this month's International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) World Games in Seoul came back negative, it has been revealed.

Marius Vizer has made public the distribution figures of both SportAccord and the International Judo Federation (IJF) in an "expression of goodwill" to the sports world, while also reiterating how he wishes to organise the World Beach Games in conjunction with the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), as was initially planned.

Members of the International World Games Association (IWGA) have been granted permission to withdraw their membership of SportAccord in light of "exceptional circumstances" following the latter body's fallout with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOC) President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah has made a first public contribution to the ongoing division between SportAccord President Marius Vizer and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Toronto 2015's Pan American Games Flame has been lit in traditional fashion in an Aztec Ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico and is being transported north ahead of its arrival in the Canadian host city on Saturday (May 30).

Karate, korfball, orienteering and motor racing have become the first non-Olympic sports to officially register discontent with SportAccord today, while badminton has become the 22nd Olympic one to disaffiliate.

Teddy Riner put his injury troubles behind and extended his remarkable winning heavyweight streak at the World Judo Masters in Rabat on a day where many of the biggest names in the sport tasted victory.