Azerbaijan’s capital Baku is set to host the sixth and final stage of the 2016 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup series as 640 athletes representing 80 nations battle it out for the last 15 gold medals of the season.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has revealed its Cross-Country World Cup calendar for the 2016-17 season.

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (NOCRK) has elected Salamat Ergeshov as its new secretary general, replacing Kanat Amankulov, who has been given a post in the country's Government. 

Chilean tennis player Andrea Koch-Benvenuto has been suspended for three months after being found guilty of offences under the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Pro Circuit Code of Conduct during a match in Brazilian city São José dos Campos on March 30.

Current champions Czech Republic will begin the 2017 Fed Cup with a home tie against Spain following the World Group draw at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Conference and Annual General Meeting in Zagreb.

Mexico made a winning start to the defence of their Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship title by claiming an overtime victory against the US Virgin Islands at the Roberto Durán Arena in Panama City.

Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin is one of three weightlifting medallists from Beijing 2008 to have failed doping tests following the re-analysis of samples by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

Four-time Olympic sabre gold medallist Stanislav Pozdnyakov has been elected President of the European Fencing Confederation (EFC).

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and Paralympics New Zealand have been given over 480 pounamu taonga by tribal authority Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu during a ceremony in Christchurch.

Latvians Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins pulled off a shock win against reigning world champions and number two seeds Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil to claim the men’s International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Olsztyn Grand Slam title in Poland.

Belarus beat South Korea 56-39 in today’s fifth-place playoff at the women's International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Olympic Qualifying Tournament in France to secure the last spot for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

World champion Lizzie Armitstead won the Aviva Women’s Tour for the first time after finishing 14th in the fifth and final stage from Northampton to Kettering.

Snizhana Tisyeyeva has returned home after spending weeks in hospital following a car accident in Kyiv that also involved fellow Ukrainian biathlete Artem Tyshchenko.

Lionel Messi became Argentina’s joint record goalscorer as they beat Venezuela 4-1 to reach the Copa América Centenario semi-finals.