Iranian powerlifter Siamand Rahman has been voted the best male athlete of the month for September after producing a world record lift to win the men's over 107 kilograms event at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. 

Employees at health care solutions provider McKesson Canada have donated CAD$10,000 (£6,200/$7,600/€6,900) to the Paralympic Foundation of Canada in a bid to help support future generations of Canadian Paralympians.

Britain has submitted bids to host three taekwondo events, including the 2019 World Championships which it intends to stage in Manchester.

British Cycling chief executive Ian Drake has announced he will be stepping down from his role at a time when the governing body is under scrutiny from UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) regarding allegations of wrongdoing surrounding therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) and the administering of medication to riders.

Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar has revealed the organisation is putting the final touches on a digital sports library project, which is expected to launch in the near future.

Top seed Lee Chong Wei eased into the quarter-finals of the Yonex Denmark Open today after registering a straight-sets victory over India’s Prannoy Kumar at the Arena Fyn in Odense.

Former champion Ruta Paskauskiene of Lithuania has been knocked out of the women’s singles competition at the European Table Tennis Championships in Budapest after suffering a first-round defeat against Slovakia’s Eva Ódorová.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it will appeal after the High Court of Paris sentenced the organisation for an "infringement of the presumption of innocence" concerning Habib Cissé, the former adviser to the ex-head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack.

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix season is set to continue this weekend as 43 divers from eight countries battle it out for top honours at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre in Kuching in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) and partner Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) are due to hold the first of three open days tomorrow aimed at giving potential Para-athletes the opportunity to learn more about Para-sport available in the Auckland and Northland regions.

Reigning world champion Gregory Gaultier has described a major new initiative aimed at "taking squash to the people" as a "revolution" for the sport.

Approximately €13 million (£11.6 million/$14.3 million) was spent on Rome’s aborted bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malagò.

Durban’s hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games "hangs in the balance" according to Gideon Sam, President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).

Pattaya in Thailand has been awarded the hosting rights to the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.